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A Labor of Love by Thomas Featherstone, M/J 2000
Walter Reuther remains
one of the most accomplished leaders in the history of the American labor
movement.
Preserving History by Sheryl James, J/F 1999
Since arriving in Detroit
almost 80 years ago, Nathaniel Leach has taken a great interest in
preserving African American history. For the past 40 years he has been
the historian of the Second Baptist Church, the state's oldest African
American congregation.
Detroit's Big Daddy by Bill McGraw, J/F 1998
Even in death, former
Detroit mayor Coleman Young was larger than life. For 50 years, Young, a
colorful, irascible, shoot-from-the-lip politician, was one of Michigan's
best-known public figures.
Douglas Fraser: A Michigan Workman by Michael Smith, M/J 1998
Douglas Fraser has been a metal finisher, a president of the United
Automobile Workers and a distinguished university professor. Today he is
revered as one of America's great labor leaders.
Joseph Campau by Donald W.
Voelker, J/A 1991
Virtually unknown by Detroiters today, Joseph Campau was antebellum
Michigan's wealthiest resident and Detroit's largest landowner.
All Steamed Up in the Village by LeRoy Barnett, J/A 2000
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village boasts a new gem from
transportation history—a working educational roundhouse, one of the few in
the world.
Remembering Hudson's by Jennifer Dixon, S/O 1998
Late on the afternoon of 24 October 1998, the skyline of downtown Detroit
changed dramatically as one of the city's best-known buildings crumpled into
a pile of steel and brick.
The Golden Years of Detroit's Silver Screens by Marilynn
Sambrano, M/J 1998
From the Monroe Block to Grand Circus Park, Detroit's many opulent theaters
drew thousands of culture-seekers downtown during the early twentieth
century to experience the thrills, chills and laughs of stage and screen.
Celebrating the Detroit Zoo at 70 by Mary Banks, M/J 1998
For seventy years Michigan's premier zoo has offered over 1,250 animals
while enjoying an international reputation.
Exploring the Human Factor by Roger L.
Rosentreter, N/D 1997
Entertaining, exciting and innovative, the Automotive Hall of Fame in
Dearborn takes visitors on a fascinating ride through the history of the
invention that changed Michigan and the world.
From the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building by Marilynn
Sambrano, N/D 1997
High atop Detroit's Fisher Building, WJR, the Great Voice of the Great
Lakes, has been broadcasting all over the Midwest and Canada for 75 years.
Detroit's New World-Class Museum Opens by Jacqueline Mitchell, M/J
1997
Step inside Detroit's new Museum of African American History and take a
journey that transcends race, time and continents.
Second to None in the World by Erik P. Bean, J/F 1996
Since the Belle Isle Aquarium opened in 1904, it has
entertained and fascinated the tens of thousands that visit each year.
Built to Preserve Liberty by A. B.
Feuer, M/A 1998
When the United States entered World War I, it was no surprise that the
government asked the Ford Motor Company to build trucks. But what was Ford
to say when the U.S. Navy asked him to build boats?
Michigan's Black Hats by Roger
Rosentreter, J/A 1991
The 24th Michigan saved the Union army at the battle of Gettysburg,
but suffered enormous casualties.
Lewis Cass by Willard Carl
Klunder, J/F 1991
A fresh look at Michigan's premier antebellum politician in the first
comprehensive biography of Cass in forty years.
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A Community Between Two Worlds by Yvonne R. Lockwood, S/O 1998
Detroit's Arab-American community
Muddy Boots & Ragged Aprons,
N/D 1997
A pictorial looks at the working-class men, women and children who helped
Detroit become one of the nation's great industrial centers.
The Freedom March by Tiffany B.
Dziurman, S/O 1993
Thirty years ago on 23 June, 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights
Movement, Detroiters crowded Woodward Avenue while walking to freedom with
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michigan Goes to War: Detroit's 1943 Riot,
M/J 1993
Racial bigotry and forced segregation helped turn Detroit into a stick of
dynamite; the fuse was lit on 20 June, 1943 on Belle Isle.
Quags, Sloughs and Miry Bogs by Donald W.
Voelker, M/A 1993
Initially built on land reclaimed from a Detroit River bog, the Jefferson-Chalmers
district has a rich and unusual history that includes Henry Ford, Charles
Lindbergh's mother and a riot by Polish workers.
Working Side by Side by
David Lewis, J/F 1993
Forty years before the federal government had an equal
employment program, Henry Ford was employing African Americans in all job
classifications at his company.
We can Build Tractors Too by Nancy
Gabin, M/A 1992
Women in the WWII labor force were also active members of the United Auto
Workers union as they pushed for equal-pay-for-equal-work, the abandonment
of gender categorization of job types and other measures.
A Century of Packard Comes to an End by Jennifer Dixon, M/A 1999
One century after the Packard Motor Car Company was founded, the maze of
buildings that once built luxury cars and army trucks is coming down.
Bound for Glory by Donald S. Bowman, M/A 1998
Called the "Tin
Goose," the Ford Tri-Motor was the brainchild of Henry Ford and
inventor William Stout. The first all-metal passenger plane built in the
United States, the Tri-Motor launched the American airline industry that we
know today.
Cars of Class by William K.
McElhone, N/D 1996
Confidently claiming they could build "Cars of Class" in Dearborn,
the founders of the Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company produced only 1,110
autos before declaring bankruptcy fourteen months after the company's
creation.
Henry Ford and His Magic Beanstalk by
David L. Lewis, M/J 1995
In 1928 Henry Ford began experimenting with the lowly
soybean, which was rich in oil and contained a fiber amenable to many uses.
Michigan's Damnedest Colossus by David L. Lewis, S/O 1993
Lauded before its completion, then criticized when it did
not meet expected production schedules, the Willow Run bomber plant
eventually lived up to its glorification as "one of the seven wonders
of the world."
Baseball at the Corner by William M. Anderson,
S/O 1999
On 27 September 1999 the Detroit Tigers played their final game at Tiger
Stadium. Relive the memories with this inside look at nearly a century of
professional baseball "at the corner."
From the Ballpark to the Battlefield . . . and Back by William M.
Anderson, S/O 1995
The Detroit Tigers, like other big-league teams during World War II, often
sported a better lineup in the military than on the playing diamond. Fueled
by the return of such former servicemen as star batter Hank Greenberg, the
Tigers won the 1945 World Series.
They Caught Lightning by William M. Anderson, S/O 1993
One year after a wrenching and-of-season loss, Detroit's favorite team won
both the American League pennant and the 1968 world series, capping a
storybook season.
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