View of John Francis Hamtramck and wife standing in foreground with their residence in background. Recorded in lantern slide ledger: "B/Hamtramck(d)-John Francis residence."

The city of Hamtramck, on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution on Tuesday, becoming the first US city to fully support a boycott campaign in support of Palestinian rights. The resolution says that Hamtramck "shall make all best efforts to refrain from purchasing goods and services from any vendor that is the target of a BDS campaign", as well as refrain from investment in the Israeli state as well as "Israeli companies that sustain Israeli apartheid".   It further encourages residents to participate in the boycott and supports student activism on college campuses, and emphasises that support for BDS is not antisemitic since many prominent BDS proponents are Jewish themselves. 

The city of Hamtramck in Michigan has decided to rename one its streets to “Palestine Avenue”.

During the booming years of Detroit’s automobile industry, Hamtramck was majority Polish.

Dos Locos Tacos, a onetime White Tower hamburger stand on Joseph Campau Street in Hamtramck, Michigan.

Polka Dot Bar

Hamtramck, MI

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