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Chapter of the Gray Panthers serving the northern Detroit suburbs. The organization was originally named Gray Panthers-Metro North and was renamed Gray Panthers-Metro Detroit in 2015. The collection includes Gray Panthers-Metro North organizational material such as minutes of meetings and newsletters; also photographs. Photographs include photos of Gray Panthers founder, Maggie Kuhn visiting Detroit in 1980; photos of march for nuclear disarmament participants in Washington, D.C., 1987.

This collection documents the Gray Panthers-Metro North's activities from 1989 to 1997, with one article about their first meeting in 1978.

The gray Panthers-Metro North monthly meetings minutes indicate the broad range of issues and coalitions with which the group was active. The newsletters typically include topical articles, a calendar of events, committee reports, and suggested actions to support or protest various situations

The Photographs series includes a group shot of the Gray Panthers-Metro North with Maggie Kuhn during her 1980 visit to Detroit.

The collection includes photographs of the 1978 National Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) March in Washington, D.C., the aim of which was promoting the ERA.

Photos of Lansing NOW activities, most from 1978 pro-Equal Rights Amendment march on Washington.