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Damon J. Keith Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP001582

Overview The first installment of the papers of Damon J. Keith consists primarily of published material documenting important milestones in Judge Keith's career, his precedent-setting judicial decisions and the many honors and awards bestowed upon him for his dedication to the city of Detroit and his pioneering role in ensuring equal justice for all Americans.

Dates: 1948 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Detroit Latino Records

Collection

Identifier: UR001708

Abstract Organizations in this collection include New Detroit, Inc., National Council of La Raza, Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Additionally, this collection encompasses the work of many organizations involved in the Consortium of Hispanic Agencies, such as the Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (La Sed), Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS), Latino Family Services, and SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc....

Dates: 1969 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1989

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Economic Development Corporation of Greater Detroit: Michael Weston Records

Collection

Identifier: UR002358

Abstract A graduate of Brown University and the University of Michigan Law School, Michael Weston practiced law at Hill, Lewis, Andrews, Adams, Goodrich and Power (now known as Clark Hill), before serving as Secretary (1969), Treasurer (1970) and President (1972) of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Developed out of the 1967 riots, the EDC of Greater Detroit was a multi-corporate consortium created as the Detroit business establishment’s vehicle to increase opportunities for African-Americans...

Dates: 1969 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1972

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Focus: HOPE Records

Collection

Identifier: UR001737

Abstract Focus: HOPE emerged in March of 1968 from the ashes of the 1967 Detroit riot. The largely volunteer civil and human rights organization has created an astonishing variety of innovative programs aimed at overcoming racism, poverty and injustice by fostering integration and bringing the urban unemployed into the economic mainstream, programs which have become a model for urban revitalization worldwide. The Focus: HOPE Collection contains a wide variety of sources, including correspondence,...

Dates: 1960 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

George Schermer Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP001228

Abstract George Schermer worked to improve housing, human relations, and urban social problems throughout his career. First with the Chicago Housing Authority as a Supervisor of Tenant Selection and Tenanent Services, before moving to Detroit where he worked with the Detroit Housing Commission as Assistant Director for Management. In 1945, Mayor Jeffries appointed Schermer as Director of the Detroit Mayor's Interracial Committee, which he created to help ease tension within the city, especially in the...

Dates: 1939 - 1992

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Wade H. McCree, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP000822

Abstract Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. began his career as a lawyer in the Detroit law firm of Harold E. Bledsoe and Hobart Taylor. He later served on the state’s Workmen’s Compensation Commission and as a judge in the county and U.S. court system. During his tenure on the bench, McCree took part in a number of school desegregation cases iand as the government’s lawyer, he argued a number of significant cases before the Supreme Court. He resigned in 1977 to accept appointment as U.S. Solicitor General in the...

Dates: 1937 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1987

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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