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An unseen Detroit Police Officer prepares to arrest four African American men, Detroit, Michigan. In the foreground, a National Guardsman trains his rifle on the suspects.

This document represents a summary of a Detroit Police Department incident report relating to the raid at a "blind pig," or unlicensed bar. This event is often cited as the beginning of Detroit's 1967 Civil Unrest.

Material located in box 398,…

Lease for five commando armored cars from the Cadillac Gage Company to the city of Detroit. July 24, 1967.

Material located in box 398, folder 7.

Memoranda from Harold J. Bellamy to Richard Strichartz summarizing several social and demographic studies for the City of Detroit Mayor's Committee for Community Renewal.. A notable contribution is a 1964 study conducted by Greenleigh…

Members of the Detroit Fire Department brace themselves as they fight fires at two buildings on Michigan Avenue at Trumbull.

Thousands rally against racial discrimination in downtown Detroit during the “Walk to Freedom” civil rights demonstration. Demonstrators carry signs that read "I want to Live Where I Choose! White House for Rent...No Color Barrier," "Equal…

People wait to register for unemployment benefits at a Detroit, Michigan office located at 2nd and Amsterdam.

Three children look on as movers from Russell’s Moving and Storage unload furniture belonging to one of the first Black families to move into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project.

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a car set on fire on Woodward Avenue at Charlotte Street during the 1943 Race Riot in Detroit, Michigan.

Wartime housing units at the Oakdale Gardens Housing Project in Detroit, Michigan at 8 Mile Road and Wyoming.

The inside of a unit at the Jeffries Homes public housing project in Detroit, Michigan.

A view of the Chrysler Freeway construction project in Detroit, Michigan, looking east from the roof of the City-County Building.