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Description:: Portrait of Leo Tipton, sitting in chair holding his hat. "Leo Tipton and Charles (Little Willie) Lyons told a black crowd at the Forest Social Club, 700 Forest, that whites had thrown a black woman and her baby off the Belle Isle Bridge, more than 500 angry and fearful patrons swarmed onto the street, the angry crowd moved to Woodward, near Paradise Valley, breaking windows and looting stores ... Tipton and Little, the two blacks linked to the original rumor, were sentenced to two-to-five years for inciting a riot." from Detroit News article, The 1943 Detroit Race Riots, by Vivian M. Baulch and Patricia Zacharias.
Notes:: Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
Date Issued:: [1940 TO 1949]
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City

Description:: Portrait of Leo Tipton, sitting in chair holding his hat. "Leo Tipton and Charles (Little Willie) Lyons told a black crowd at the Forest Social Club, 700 Forest, that whites had thrown a black woman and her baby off the Belle Isle Bridge, more than 500 angry and fearful patrons swarmed onto the street, the angry crowd moved to Woodward, near Paradise Valley, breaking windows and looting stores ... Tipton and Little, the two blacks linked to the original rumor, were sentenced to two-to-five years for inciting a riot." from Detroit News article, The 1943 Detroit Race Riots, by Vivian M. Baulch and Patricia Zacharias.
Notes:: Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
Date Issued:: [1940 TO 1949]
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City

Description:: Portrait of Leo Tipton, sitting in chair holding his hat. "Leo Tipton and Charles (Little Willie) Lyons told a black crowd at the Forest Social Club, 700 Forest, that whites had thrown a black woman and her baby off the Belle Isle Bridge, more than 500 angry and fearful patrons swarmed onto the street, the angry crowd moved to Woodward, near Paradise Valley, breaking windows and looting stores ... Tipton and Little, the two blacks linked to the original rumor, were sentenced to two-to-five years for inciting a riot." from Detroit News article, The 1943 Detroit Race Riots, by Vivian M. Baulch and Patricia Zacharias.
Notes:: Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
Date Issued:: [1940 TO 1949]
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City

Description:: Portrait of Leo Tipton, sitting in chair holding his hat. "Leo Tipton and Charles (Little Willie) Lyons told a black crowd at the Forest Social Club, 700 Forest, that whites had thrown a black woman and her baby off the Belle Isle Bridge, more than 500 angry and fearful patrons swarmed onto the street, the angry crowd moved to Woodward, near Paradise Valley, breaking windows and looting stores ... Tipton and Little, the two blacks linked to the original rumor, were sentenced to two-to-five years for inciting a riot." from Detroit News article, The 1943 Detroit Race Riots, by Vivian M. Baulch and Patricia Zacharias.
Notes:: Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
Date Issued:: [1940 TO 1949]
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City

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