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Three National Guardsmen patrol the corner of Hazelwood and Linwood with weapons drawn as residents from the neighborhood look on with a mixture of amusement and anger.

List of demands by DRUM. 1969. Source: Kenneth V. and Sheila M. Cockrel Collection, Box 6, folder 26.

A map shows the racial makeup of neighborhoods adjacent to the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. No date. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 67.

Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents. c. 1977.

A memo from the Detroit Commission on Community Relations field staff to James Bush identifies sources of community tension and suggests methods of sharing information to prevent further incidents. August 18, 1965. Detroit Commission on Community…

A memo from James Bush of the Detroit Commission on Community Relations to Richard Marks outlines an investigation of Detroit Police officers who reportedly harassed Black youth on Kercheval Street, leading to confrontations between police and Black…

A memo from Richard Marks of the Detroit Commission on Community Relations proposes a priority program and budget to effect institutional change within the Commission and the City of Detroit following an August 9, 1966 confrontation between Black…

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.…

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:…

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

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…

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…