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HIST 175: Michigan History: Recommended Primary Sources for Chapter 19

General Primary Sourcebook covering a broad range of historical time periods

Chapter 19

1970s Detroit

“Since the 1967 Riots, Detroit Has Moved Painfully toward a Modest Renaissance” New York Times, March 1 1978 

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/01/archives/since-the-1967-riots-detroit-has-moved-painfully-toward-a-modest.html

 

How City of Detroit Tries to Make Its Streets Safe

Graham, Michael  Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file); Dec 26, 1971; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune pg. A8

 

Renaissance Center Images: https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/12thstreetdetroit/exhibits/show/aftermathofunrest/detroitbusiness

 

 

1970s politics 

Addresses and special messages of Governor William G. Milliken, 1969-1982.

 

Report of the Governor's Commission on Educational Reform

 

Michigan state of the State message, January 1978

 

Michigan state of the State message : January 1980

 

A time to heal : the autobiography of Gerald R. Ford.

 

 

Coleman Young

Coleman Young images

https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/12thstreetdetroit/exhibits/show/aftermathofunrest/government_colemanyoung

 

Coleman Young Speech

https://courses202001.hope.edu/pluginfile.php/64278/mod_resource/content/1/Coleman%20A.%20Young%20Source.pdf

 

 

1970s Auto Industry

Video about Chevrolet's response to foreign automobiles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tzuZQ24TE

 

1979 Chrysler Loan Hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdvyEmVwpg

 

Cattlegate

Chapter 17 in The Great Water : A Documentary History of Michigan has a source about Cattlegate

 

Poisoning in Food Chain Is Disputed in Michigan. New York Times. April 18, 1976

Search this decade for the term “PBB” in the Anchor 

Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa's Life in Prison: Quietly Waiting

Strong, James.Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Ill]01 Mar 1971: 3

 

 

Teamsters shrug off ghost of Hoffa

Strong, James.Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Ill]14 Sep 1975: a7. 

Search any historical newspaper (NYT, Chicago Tribune, etc.) for “hoffa” during this decade