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Equality Michigan is a civil rights advocacy group providing political, policy, and anti-violence services on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community of Michigan. This record group documents the administration of Equality Michigan, as well as its policy, outreach, and victims' services activities. Also included are records from the Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality, Equality Michigan's predecessor civil rights, political, and policy organizations.

The Equality Michigan records contain materials documenting both of the organization's predecessors (Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality), as well as the organization's recent political and advocacy activities. The record group also documents the anti-violence and victim's services provided by Equity Michigan and its predecessor organizations.

Topical files across the collection contain materials documenting hate crimes and violence perpetrated against the LGBTQ+ community in Michigan and across the United States. They also contain reports of police misconduct and violence.

Web collection of websites created by various organizations and individuals whose focus is on social justice and equality in the State of Michigan, archived by the Bentley Historical Library using the California Digital Library Web Archiving Service crawler from 2010-2015 and the Archive-It web archiving service beginning in 2015.

The Web Archive of Michigan's Social Justice collection contains archived websites created by various organizations and individuals committed to serving social justice in the State of Michigan. The websites have been archived by the Bentley Historical Library, using the California Digital Library Web Archiving Service crawler from 2010-2015 and the Archive-It web archiving service beginning in 2015. Access to all websites archived by the Bentley Historical Library is available at: https://archive-it.org/organizations/934.

Web Archives include websites of, social justice media, organizations, and activists who call the state of Michigan home. The collection is especially strong in documenting organizations that represent ethnic and marginalized communities in Michigan.

The year that appears next to the website title in the contents list indicates the date that the website was first archived. Archived versions of the site from later dates may also be available.