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Memo from Richard Marks to the Detroit Commission on Community Relations, September 8, 1966
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…
Memo from James Bush to Richard Marks, August 25, 1966
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…
Memo from Detroit Commission on Community Relations field staff to James Bush, August 18, 1965
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…
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents.
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents. c. 1977.
Map, Sojourner Truth Housing Project
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.
List of workplace demands
List of demands by DRUM. 1969. Source: Kenneth V. and Sheila M. Cockrel Collection, Box 6, folder 26.
Linwood, Civil Unrest, Detroit, July 1967
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.
Letter to Walter P. Reuther from Douglas Fraser about DRUM
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,…
Letter to Mel Ravitz
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.
Letter to acquire property
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 Wendell Berge to Max Wender, July 5, 1943
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.
Letter from Milton Kemnitz to Jack Raskin, February 17, 1942
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…