Take a tour of the city by finding the civil rights and labor landmarks below. At each one you visit, write down a fact you learned from it. Some locations have information written right on the building or monument, others you may have to go inside to learn more.
- Transcending, the Michigan Labor Legacy Monument to the labor movement located on the Jefferson side of Hart Plaza
- Second Baptist Church, located at 441 Monroe Street
- Cobo Hall (now the TCF Center) where Martin Luther King delivered the I Have a Dream speech, located at 1 Washington Blvd
- Woolworths Department Store ( now The Woodward Building), located at 1449 Woodward Ave
- UAW-Ford National Programs Building (formerly the Veterans Memorial Building), located at 151 W Jefferson Ave
- King Solomon Baptist Church where Malcolm X delivered the Ballot or the Bullet Speech, located at 6100 14th St
- BONUS STOPS:
- Shrine of the Black Madonna, where you can see the Shrine’s famous Black Madonna painting, located at 7625 Linwood St
- The Dearborn overpass at Miller Rd and the Ford Rouge Center where Ford Motor Company security assaulted union workers passing out leaflets, located here
- Motown Museum/Hitsville USA, located at 2648 W Grand Blvd