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Black Detroit : a people's history of self-determination / Herb Boyd.
Author
Boyd, Herb, 1938-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
©2017
Description
xii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
F574.D49 N429 2017
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Subject(s)
African Americans
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Michigan
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Detroit
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History
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20th century
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Detroit (Mich.)
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History
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20th century
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Detroit (Mich.)
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Biography
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Boyd, Herb 1938-
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Writer of foreword
Watson, JoAnn Ford
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Writer of afterword
Lockett, Ron
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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collective biographies
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Summary note
"Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd chronicles the fascinating history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering an expansive discussion of this iconic city, Black Detroit ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of fugitives traveling on the Underground Railroad to the advent of the People Mover circling downtown; from the creation of the unparalleled sound of Motown to the emergence of Wayne State University as a hotbed of political thought. Boyd combines deep passion and a stunning eye for detail to seamlessly blend personal experience, exhaustive research, and eyewitness accounts collected from some of the city's wisest griots. Black Detroit looks at the influence African Americans have had on various aspects of the city's history, culture, and politics, including the auto industry--both as the cornerstone of the union movement and the majority population on the factory floor--and it reframes the riots sparked by police brutality and housing discrimination from the perspective of the people most impacted by the city's neglectful policies. In the process, the book presents a roll call of the illustrious men and women who have defined and shaped the Motor City, including Malcolm X, Aretha Franklin, Berry Gordy, Fannie Richards, abolitionist William Lambert, and Coleman Young, Detroit's first black mayor. This important book documents how a committed work ethic, a well-developed spirit of resistance, and a deep sense of heritage continue to run strong through Detroit's black community--providing the true engine propelling the city's reemergence as a viable urban center for the twenty-first century." -- Book jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-397) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson
Introduction
Cadillac, "the Black Prince"
The Blackburn affair
Black abolitionists
Faulkner and flames
Early years of the black church
Black arts in the gilded age
The Pelhams and the black elite
Detroit and World War I
Dr. Sweet and Mr. Ford
White ball and the Brown Bomber
The turbulent thirties
Boom town
Breakthroughs
From Motown to showdown
A brand-new beat
Bing and bang
March to militancy
The Motor City is burning
Our thing is DRUM!
Under duress from STRESS
Muses and music
Coleman and Cockrel
Postindustrial blues
A mayor and malice
Emergency, resurgency
Kwame time!
A spark of redevelopment
Dhaka in Detroit
A looming chimera
Afterword / by Ron Lockett, executive director of the Northwest Activities Center
Author's note: A son remembers.
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ISBN
0062346628 ((hardcover))
9780062346629 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2017302465
OCLC
952206841
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