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Carter, James Earl; United States President. –In Detroit to Attend a Two-Day Conference on the Needs of the Nation’s Poor (Sponsored by the Committee Services Administration). –At the Veterans Memorial Building
Protesters outside the Veterans Memorial Building where a conference addressing the needs of the nation’s poor, attended by President Jimmy Carter, was taking place. 1977.
New Detroit Committee. Detroit Area Leaders Form Committee to Combat Conditions that Led to Race Riot of July 1967. Picketers.
Picketers on Wayne State University’s campus protesting, among other things, open housing in Detroit, October 12, 1967.
Wonder, Stevie; Entertainer. & Coleman A. Young
Mayor Young and R&B musician Stevie Wonder speaking together. September 26, 1974.
Detroit Renaissance Center; Construction; Groundbreaking Ceremonies
Image from the groundbreaking ceremony of the Detroit Renaissance Center. May 22, 1973.
View from Midtwon house
View from a house in Detroit’s Midtown district, designated as “blight” and suitable for redevelopment as part of the original University City project. 1964.
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents.
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents. c. 1977.
Mock-up of the proposed riverfront domed football stadium.
Mock-up of the proposed riverfront domed football stadium. c. 1969.
Focus: HOPE's senior food program
Images from Focus: HOPE’s senior program. Circa 1975. Source: Focus: HOPE Records.
Focus: HOPE's senior food program
Images from Focus: HOPE’s senior program. Circa 1975. Source: Focus: HOPE Records.
Riots, Rebellions, 12th Street, 1967
12th Street descends into chaos on the first day of the Civil Unrest of 1967. At rear, center, the Blind Pig, whose raid by police officers sparked the conflict, can be seen behind the Economy Printing sign. In the distance a photographer snaps…
Riots, Rebellions, Detroit Police Department, 1967
Detroit Police officer Crear Mitchell puts a bayonet on his rifle in preparation for patrol near 12th and Clairmount on the first day of the Unrest. He wears a black stocking cap over his white helmet, presumably to prevent its reflection from…
Conyers
Rep. John Conyers tries, in vain, to get the attention of the crowds around him as he implores for a peaceful resolution during the first day of the Unrest.