Tipton, Leo. Detroit Race Riot

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Tipton, Leo. Detroit Race Riot

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Maurice Sugar: law, labor, and the left in Detroit, 1912-1950

It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with George Addes, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, to nurture…

Birth of a notion, or, the half ain't never been told: a narrative account with entertaining passages of the state of Minstrelsy & of America & the true relation thereof (from the ha ha dark side)

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Detroit on stage: the Players Club, 1910-2005

Founded in 1910, Detroit’s Players Club is an all-male club devoted to the production of theater by members for other members’ enjoyment. Called simply "The Players," members of the club design, direct, and act in the shows, including playing the female roles. In Detroit on Stage, Marijean Levering takes readers behind the scenes of the club’s private "frolics" to explore the unique history of The Players, discover what traditions they still hold dear, and examine why they have survived relat…

The women were leaving the men: stories

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Wide awake in someone else's dream: poems

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The iron hunter

Originally published in 1919, The Iron Hunter is the autobiography of one of Michigan's most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949). Making unprecedented use of the automobile in his 1910 campaign, Osborn ran a memorable campaign that was followed by an even more remarkable term as governor. In two years he eliminated Michigan's deficit, ended corruption, and produced t…

Broken symmetry: poems

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American salvage: stories

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Uppermost Canada: the Western District and the Detroit frontier, 1800-1850

The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program.

Toast of the town: the life and times of Sunnie Wilson

As part of the great migration of southern blacks to the north, Sunnie Wilson came to Detroit from South Carolina after graduating from college, and soon became a pillar of the local music industry. He started out as a song and dance performer but found his niche as a local promoter of boxing, which allowed him to make friends and business connections quickly in the thriving industrial city of Detroit. Part oral history, memoir, and biography, Toast of the Town draws from hundreds of hours of ta…

Working detroit: the making of a union town

Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." Through words and pictures, Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane.

Babson begins his account in 1848 when Detroit has just entered the industrial era. He weaves the broader historical realties, such as Red Scare, World War, and economic depression into his account, tracing the ebb and flow …

Veterans of Foreign Wars; Interior of Building; Formerly Institute of Arts.

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Grand Army of the Republic; Encampment; At Ann Arbor; 1940. - Seated; Orlanda LeValley, 92 , of Caro;. David Plumadore, 95, of Detroit;. - Standing; Martin J. Warner, 94, of Grand Rapids; Eugene Owen, 92, of Grand Rapids; Leah Simpson of Detroit, GAR, Secretary; Albert C. Estabrook, 92, of Fremont; August F. Chappell, 95, of Detroit

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Rathbone, Perry T. in charge of Alger House Branch of Institute of Arts

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Colleges; University of Michigan; Buildings; Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

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Colleges; University of Michigan; Buildings; Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

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Colleges; University of Detroit; Buildings; Miscellaneous. Rosemary Buckley and Ottilie Renz at opening of U of D

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Colleges; University of Detroit; Buildings; Miscellaneous. Rosemary Buckley and Ottilie Renz at opening of U of D

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