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The Wayne County Building is a monumental government structure located at 600 Randolph Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It formerly contained the Wayne County administrative offices – now located in the Guardian Building at 500 Griswold Street – and its courthouse .
Library of Congress, Michigan: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC "Michigan Societies" , familysearch.org , Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . (Mostly related to genealogy but includes links to historical societies).
She was assistant corporation counsel to the Law Department of the City of Detroit, Michigan, from 1977 to 1982. She then held several state judicial positions, first on the 36th District Court of Michigan from 1983 to 1989, then on the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit from 1989 to 1992, and lastly on the Michigan Circuit Court for Wayne ...
Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of 2020, the United States census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. [4]
Detroit witnessed growing confrontations between the mostly white police force and inner city blacks, culminating in the massive 12th Street riot in July 1967. The riot erupted in mostly black neighborhoods. Governor George W. Romney ordered the Michigan National Guard into Detroit, and President Johnson sent in U.S. Army troops. The result was ...
The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890). History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan: a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present., Google version; full text; May, George S. ed.
Kenyatta Jefferson, left, his daughter Shyne Powell, two months, and girlfriend Shermika Powell, at housing court in the 36th District Court in Detroit on June 5, 2023. (Sarah Rice for NBC News)
A sixth main street, Fort, wanders downriver from the center of the city. After Detroit rebuilt in the early 19th century, a thriving community soon sprang up, and by the Civil War, over 45,000 people were living in the city, [4] primarily spread along Jefferson Avenue to the east and Fort Street to the west. As in many major American cities ...