On Tuesday night the 24th of January 56 Detroit citizens were arrested and held at least overnight in the City Jail. Most of these arrests—43—were entirely illegal and unconstitutional, and there is considerable doubt as to the legality of the …
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Fifth Estate Obscene?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
FIFTH ESTATE subscribers almost didn’t get their last issue because the Post Office couldn’t make up its mind whether the paper was pornographic or not.
24, February 15-28, 1967
by Fifth Estate Collective
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Defend Detroit’s Artists
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
America—the world—lives in a period of transition of its entire way of life. On the one hand we live in utter confusion and yet on the other we are beginning to see the immense possibilities that are now available to …
Peace Talks
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
“Why the Dearborn Referendum?” was the subject of a talk given by Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, January 26. The lecture was presented by Citizens for Peace in Vietnam as part of their Spring educational series. …
416, Spring 2025
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SDS Displays Anti-Draft Exhibit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
A news article in the January 21, 1967 MICHIGAN CHRONICLE, a Detroit Negro paper, reported their paper had received several phone calls complaining about the use of the word “nigger” in an anti-draft display at Wayne University. The display, sponsored …
Detroit Negroes Call for National Boycott
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
Militant Negro leaders in Detroit have called for a nation-wide strike and boycott by black communities in support of Adam Clayton Powell. Over 600 people attended the rally at Central United Church of Christ on January 24 calling for the …
23, February 1-15, 1967
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Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
MUSIC CONCERT. Spikedrivers, Upper DeRoy Aud., Wayne Campus, 8:00, adm. benefit for 5th Estate, 1/20 CONCERT. Scandinavian Symphony, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Masonic Temple, 8:20 adm. 1/21 JAZZ CONCERT: THE ANDREW HILL QUARTET, Saturday, January 21, 8:00 p.m., University of …