But the placement of Detroit’s freeways is just half of the story. The other half is how the white majority used freeways as a tool to facilitate white flight to segregated suburbs.

Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood: See it then and now. Then, in the early 1950s, in one of the most controversial episodes of mass gentrification in Detroit history, the virtually all-white ...

As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon an innovation that would strengthen the fight for civil rights across the U.S.

As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon an innovation that would strengthen the fight for civil rights across the US.

As Detroit's black community copes with the death of George Floyd, residents are split over how to respond — and the role of white suburban protesters. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...

Across the country, the gap between Black and White homeowners is wider today than it was in 1960, before the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate based on race, national origin and a ...

The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History Month ...

1967 Detroit Riots: ... in damage had been inflicted with nearly 1,400 buildings burned. ... precipitated by white suburban flight just as a black middle class sprouted up.

Detroit is still trying to recover from the 1967 riots that left more than 1,400 buildings burned. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

1. A Monument to Malice. In 2020, James repurposed a brutal chapter in Detroit’s history by honoring the life of Malice Green and more than 1,000 other Black and Brown people who lost their ...