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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…

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.

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.

A publication addresses post-war housing problems from a consumer’s point of view. 1944. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

A graphic depicts the consequences of property covenants restricting where Black residents may live. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

The Housing Act of 1949, part of President Truman’s domestic program known as the Fair Deal, greatly expanded the federal government’s role in public housing. A section of the slum clearance provisions outlined in the legislation addressed the…

The Housing Act of 1949, part of President Truman’s domestic program known as the Fair Deal, greatly expanded the federal government’s role in public housing. A section of the slum clearance provisions outlined in the legislation addressed the…

Front cover of the souvenir pamphlet presented to attendees of the ceremony where the Walter P. Chrysler Expressway broke ground for what was billed as “the most complex highway engineering project ever attempted in the City of Detroit." Attendees of…

A map of the Detroit expressway system as featured in the souvenir pamphlet presented to attendees of the ground breaking ceremony for the Walter P. Chrysler Expressway. Souvenir booklet, January 30, 1959. Carl Almblad Papers, Box 8, Folder 56.

A statement from Louis Rosenzweig of the Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission maintaining that the overwhelmingly largest number and percentage of claims brought before it are race-related, although discrimination due to religion and…