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Letters to the Mayor

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Title: Letters to the Mayor
Source: These photos were taken from the archives at the Detroit Public Library.
Description: In this item set are letters written directly to Mayor Jefferies of Detroit. Many of the letters express frustration, sadness, disappoint, anger of Mayor Jefferies and his actions (or lack thereof) before, during, and following the Sojourner Truth Housing Riots.

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Letters to the Mayor
These letters provide readers with detail of the public perception of Mayor Jefferies actions (or lack thereof) before, during, and after the Sojourner Truth Housing Riots