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Members and supporters of the NAACP picket outside of the Open Occupancy Hearing at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan.

Members of the NAACP’s Housing Committee create signs in the offices of the Detroit Branch for use in a future demonstration.

Municipal/State/Federal Employees, an Unemployment Office in Detroit. Undated.

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

Logo for the Model Neighborhood program, Detroit's local Model Cities initiative. Source: Ruth Tenney Papers, Box 8, folder 1.

Flyer for Model Neighborhood representative election. The Model Neighborhood program set up alternative neighborhood governments, shifting some control to local communities. Though they were sometimes called into question, many of these…

Booklet explaining the Model Neighborhood program, Detroit’s local Model Cities initiative, c. 1967. As a part of the national War on Poverty focused on issues unique to urban areas, Model Cities funded experimental social programs and alternative…

Mock-up of the proposed riverfront domed football stadium. c. 1969.

Campaign material for General Gordon Baker’s run for Michigan state representative. An ardent Black revolutionary and strong leader for DRUM during its inception, Baker led the group’s initial wildcat strike at the Dodge Main plant in 1968. Source:…

Michigan Citizens Militia flyer. Handed out in Birmingham, MI, this flyer reflects the level of animosity felt throughout many of Detroit’s majority white suburban areas towards Detroit and its Black population in the wake of the Civil Unrest.…