Introduction

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Hartford Smith Jr. with unidentified men in barbershop.

To more fully understand the series, its objectives, and its motivations, background information about the social, cultural, and political circumstances of Detroit and the broader United States in the late 1960s is useful. This exhibit provides context on those circumstances. It also provides information about other types of media responding to the social and political landscape framing the time period.