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In 1970 Clara Stanton Jones became the first African American and the first woman to serve as director of a major library system in America, as director of the Detroit Public Library. [11] The Clara Stanton Jones Friends Auditorium is named in her honor. [12] The Detroit Public Library is also a founding member of the Detroit Area Library Network.
American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0814332702. Woodford, Donald G. (1965). Parnassus on Main Street: A History of the Detroit Public Library. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-1125126868.
The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library Main Branch, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
The Grande Ballroom is a historic live music venue, designed by Detroit architect Charles N. Agree in 1928. In 1966 the Grande was acquired by local radio DJ Russ Gibb as a venue for the new psychedelic music and a resource for local teenagers. 52: Greenfield Union School: Greenfield Union School: March 29, 2011 : 420 W. 7 Mile Rd.
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Al Quds Committee Detroit held a rally on Oct. 13, 2023, at the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan. Tarek Bazzi is speaking at the podium. A man behind him holds a photo of the ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
OPINION: The true-crime-romantic-dramedy series set in Detroit is tomfoolery and heart, and I absolutely love it. The post ‘Diarra from Detroit’ — currently streaming on BET+ — is my kind ...