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Concrete wall divides area in Detroit, Michigan, with houses on one side and rural area on the other.

Construction of Jeffries public housing in Detroit

Exterior view of Packard Motor Car Company factory with pedestrian bridge in Detroit, Michigan, designed by architect, Albert Kahn. "The first large automobile plant in Detroit, the Packard factory was the golden opportunity of Kahn's life and was to…

A dense crowd of striking General Motors workers, some flashing victory signs.

View of smokestacks at the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan designed by Albert Kahn. "Wasting no time on architectural niceties, he [Kahn] employed a steel frame with broad spans and walls that were unbroken expanses of…

Bird's-eye view of smoke rising from houses and gutted buildings, in a Detroit, Michigan neighborhood (identified as 12th and Linwood) during the 1967 riots. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after…

Group of people, primarily African Americans, gather to protest the actions of a Detroit Police Department undercover decoy unit called S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies Enjoy Safe Streets).

Six children stand on sidewalk in African American neighborhood of two-story sided houses, in Detroit, Michigan.

African American men stand on sidewalk near fence, with uniformed police officer wearing riot helmet faces them in foreground.

African American man stands in doorway of burned-out building. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after hours drinking club or “blind pig” in a predominantly black neighborhoods located at Twelfth…