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Timeline created by Detroit Commission on Community Relations during the first few days of civil unrest. Commissioners and their connections would call into DCCR offices and report the mood in the neighborhood, events they had witnessed, and rumors…

Image from the groundbreaking ceremony of the Detroit Renaissance Center. May 22, 1973.

Mayor Coleman Young in front of the under-construction Renaissance Center. June 20, 1975.

City officials reported the emergency response activities in various departments to the office of the Mayor, including emergency shelter, food, sanitation, water service, and others. Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers, Box 398 folder 19.

A discrimination complaint filed by L. Miller, a Black employee of Detroit manufacturing company Ex-Cell-O, explains the circumstances that prevented his job advancement. July 9, 1956. UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department Records,…

The final report of a discrimination complaint filed on July 9, 1956 by L. Miller, a Black employee of Detroit manufacturing company Ex-Cell-O, explains that, "Management tries to help the average white worker to get a better job, but in order for a…

Katrina Bryant, 2, holds her mother’s finger and drinks a carton of milk outside of Grace Episcopal Church. She and her mother received assistance from the church’s “food station” which was established to feed families made homeless or displaced…

National Guardsmen at the Herman Kiefer Command Post care for children separated from their families during an outbreak of gunfire.

Masthead from the Eldon Wildcat, a publication from the Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement, a DRUM counterpart at Chrysler's Eldon Avenue plant. 1971. Source: Eldon Wildcat. Publication. Box 1, folder 2.

Masthead from the Eldon Wildcat, a publication from the Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement, a DRUM counterpart at Chrysler's Eldon Avenue plant. 1971. Source: Eldon Wildcat. Publication. Box 1, folder 2.

Mayor Cavanagh's office recieved these reports, recommendations, and memoranda regarding the need for housing created by the Civil Unrest. Senders include the Community Renewal Program and the Detroit Housing Commission. Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers,…

Letter concerning Fair Housing Ordinance enforcement to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, September 30, 1970. Source: Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Collection, Box 34, folder 16.