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Flyer published by the Sojourner Truth Citizens Committee to rally support for integrated housing at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. 1942. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 67.

Front cover of the Ku Klux Klan’s national publication, The Kourier. June 1936. James Lindahl Papers, Box 7.

Headline from the United Automobile Worker: Local 190 Packard Edition. February 15, 1942. James Lindahl Papers, Box 3, Folder 9.

Flyer printed by the Farmer-Labor Party of Wayne County in opposition to the Black Legion. 1930s. James Lindahl Papers, Box 3, Folder 9.

Caption reads: "GUARD LEAVES, BUT SORROW STAYS- Some Michigan National Guard equipment rolls out of Detroit Tuesday after Civil Unrest subsided, but a woman weeps quietly as she heads for a funeral. Tanya Lynn Blanding, 4, was killed, apparently by a…

National Guardsmen at the Herman Kiefer Command Post care for children separated from their families during an outbreak of gunfire.

Katrina Bryant, 2, holds her mother’s finger and drinks a carton of milk outside of Grace Episcopal Church. She and her mother received assistance from the church’s “food station” which was established to feed families made homeless or displaced…

Detroit’s Civil Unrest had captured the attention of the nation. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh appeared on Meet the Press on July 30 to defend his leadership during the previous week. At left is Edwin Newman, moderator of the panel discussion.

National Guardsmen watch for snipers as members of the Detroit Fire Department battle a fire during the civil unrest of 1967.

Detroit Edison workers attempt to restore power to an area destroyed by fire around Linwood Street on Detroit's West Side.

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.

A flood of prisoners are released from the County Jail and loaded onto a waiting bus as National Guardsmen and Police look on.