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“Fair Housing for All” bumper sticker, 1968. Source: Fair Housing Campaign in Birmingham, Michigan Records.

Pamphlet explaining the new Fair Housing Ordinance that had been passed by Detroit’s Common Council in late 1967. Before this law, nothing in Detroit legally prevented sellers, landlords, and real estate agents from denying housing to someone due to…

Pamphlet explaining the new Fair Housing Ordinance that had been passed by Detroit’s Common Council in late 1967. Before this law, nothing in Detroit legally prevented sellers, landlords, and real estate agents from denying housing to someone due to…

Members of the Detroit Fire Department brace themselves as they fight fires at two buildings on Michigan Avenue at Trumbull.

Members of the Detroit Fire Department brace themselves as they fight fires at two buildings on Michigan Avenue at Trumbull. Though much of the arson that took place during the Unrest was targeted at businesses, the tight layout of many neighborhoods…

Neighbors help each other move possessions out of an apartment building near Linwood and Pingree on Detroit's West Side as fires lit by arsonists inch closer.

Flyer printed by the Farmer-Labor Party of Wayne County in opposition to the Black Legion. 1930s. James Lindahl Papers, Box 3, Folder 9.

A flyer announces a demonstration against instances of police brutality and killings of Black Detroiters. May 15, 1965. Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR)/Human Rights Department Records, Part 1, Series VI, Box 14.

Flyer published by the Sojourner Truth Citizens Committee to rally support for integrated housing at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. 1942. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 67.

A flyer created in 1942 by white residents asks for assistance from people outside their neighborhood at Nevada and Fenelon to keep Black residents from moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in Detroit, Michigan.

A flyer announces a March 13, 1942 rally to support integration at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project as a way to combat Hitler and win World War II. 1942. Box 67.

HOPE Food Prescription Programs poster. Undated. The HOPE 68 report demonstrated Focus: HOPE’s work to highlight issues of race and poverty. In 1971, the State of Michigan named them the host agency for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program in…