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Letter delivered to members of the Wayne State University community advocating Coleman Young for mayor, sent by faculty and staff at the school. September 7, 1973. Coleman A. Young Papers. Box 107, folder 2.

The Palmyra Home Owners’ Protective Association Board of Directors announces a meeting to discuss ways to prevent minorities from purchasing homes in their neighborhood. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

The first page of a letter from a Detroit resident expressing disgust with the changing racial composition of Detroit neighborhoods. May 26, 1945. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66. Click the image to read the full document.

The second page of a letter from a Detroit resident expressing disgust with the changing racial composition of Detroit neighborhoods. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

Letter from Detroit Housing Commission Secretary Harry J. Durbin informs Detroit Police Commissioner Edward S. Piggins that the commission will be moving Black families into the Herman Gardens Housing Project and assures him of the families’…

Second page of a letter from Detroit Housing Commission Secretary Harry J. Durbin informs Detroit Police Commissioner Edward S. Piggins that the commission will be moving Black families into the Herman Gardens Housing Project and assures him of the…

Letter from Common Council President Mel Ravitz to a local citizen regarding the Detroit Renaissance, Inc. and the role of development in the city's recovery. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 29, folder 4.

A letter from Milton Kemnitz, Executive Secretary of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties to Jack Raskin, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Federation, regarding the national significance of developments at the Sojourner Truth…

A letter from Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General, to Max Wender regarding the Justice Department's investigation into the 1943 Race Riot. July 5, 1943. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan, Box 70.

Residents within the University City zone received letters from attorneys like this one, urging them to sell their houses to the city or immediately go into foreclosure. January 1972. Source: Ruth M. Tenney Papers, Box 13, folder 17.

Letter from a local citizen to Common Council President Mel Ravitz regarding the Detroit Renaissance, Inc. and the role of development in the city's recovery. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 29, folder 4.

Despite DRUM’s upstart status, its militant stance on race in the auto factories and criticisms of union leadership quickly caught the attention of Walter Reuther and the UAW. DRUM claimed the UAW did not care about the plight of its Black members,…