Yeah agreed it was not the black population. It was Democrat rule that condemned the city.

@@macoooos9204you are incorrect.

It was the Democrats that destroyed Detroit. They used corruption, unions & poor blacks to attack the foundations that Detroit were built upon.

Your grandfather was a treasure. I would love to hear more about his stories. Hastings Street was famous for the activity there. Thank you for sharing your story,

@Boone Yusuf shut up

@Karter Edward shut up

Wow! What amazing history.

Please write your stories down or record them on tape or video while you still can. The next generation need your info.

Yes it's such a peaceful place. I have a dream that soon all of the USA will become as nice as Detroit and Chicago and Memphis.....😅

I come from a different land, I wonder about the term „Black history month“ - a whole month? Do you have also then White history month, brown history and Asian history month, right?

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My mom was born in black bottom but they moved out when she became school aged.

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My cousin lived on 38th street but he died earlier, but I and my with and son will vote Democratic and there are some Republicans will be voting Biden as will the 3 of us!

@granscare, that’s just wonderful the Democrats have ran and ruined that town for decades and you just want more of it by voting for another old Democrat for president??? No wonder the black communities stay the same, you don’t learn from the past !!! By the way the Democrats are the party of the KKK the Jim Crowe laws etc....good lord

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@@cindyreynolds4045 Where you live sweetie? Where you from sweetie? You must live in Detroit, like I do, to be so incredibly "informed".

Tis tru... BUT opportunities were still available to them if their pocketbook could afford it. Whereas Blacks (financial wherewithal or not) were not allowed to move anywhere their money could take them. The housing market/realtors even went as far as to ink on deeds not to sell to "colored" folk. White citizens never had those barriers in place to contend with!

@@TeamTuc Excellent point! Those opportunities did not extend to the black community. Once a community is dismantled and rebuilding limitations are compounded by policies promoting discrimination, has long-term devastation impacting generations later! The discrimination of the housing market is another layer combined with the installation of the freeway system. There's some dark history concerning the housing discrimination against the black community in Detroit.

Okay with those barriers in place how did Black Bottom /Paradise Valley come into existence in the FIRSTt place???!!!

It ALSO is a Fantastic documentary...well done and VERYgood quality content

@@jdoggs08753 Because those were the areas African Americans were allowed to live and work. Many other places in the city they were not.

White Democrats have been oppressing blacks for far too long

@phat madame what side of town are u from?

It got bulldozered because it was a rat infested slum full of junkies & drunks!!!

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It would be great for the city overall.

The home I used to live in , in the 4700 block of East Forest ( which is now mowed over ) between Gratiot ,Warren and East Grand Blvd was always thick with traffic going to Downtown Detroit .Mainly -Gratiot and Warren crammed with cars trying to make it to and from during rush hours - seemed like they used them as the freeway .I had never seen so many cars .

Yes, the state of Michigan should follow through on plans to remove 375.

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Can you imagine Detroit with out blacks? The city would have not been destroyed

www.amazon.com/Before-Motown-History-Detroit-1920-60/dp/0472067656?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0472067656

Fr though. The public education system is a joke

Wealthy Black neighborhoods all over America - Past, present and both: Oak Bluffs: www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a6668/oak-bluffs-african-american-community/ Olympia Fields: www.olympia-fields.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=77 Sag Harbor: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sag_Harbor_Hills,_Azurest,_and_Ninevah_Beach_Subdivisions_Historic_District www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/t-magazine/sag-harbor.amp.html ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iZ-fnXyEq4mJxKs.html ukposts.info/have/v-deo/pIeohK9voG-Yx5s.html Highland Beach: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Beach,_Maryland www.highlandbeachmd.org/?mobile=false www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/greathomesanddestinations/04Highland.html whatsupmag.com/news/highland-beach-chesapeake-bay-maryland-s-first-african-american-incorporated-town/ Sweet Auburn: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Auburn 'The Black Beverly Hills' - Ladera Heights, Baldwin Hills, View Park and Winslow Hills: www.google.com/amp/s/abc7.com/amp/black-beverly-hills-baldwin-ladera-heights-real-estate/7222331 www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-ladera-heights-20180707-story.html www.latimes.com/local/la-me-adv-view-park-20150719-story.html www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-baldwin-hills-crenshaw-20170429-story.html DeSoto: www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/affluent-african-americans-flocking-to-desoto/132513/%3famp Prince George County: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland Bronzeville: www.urbanjuncture.com/community www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2015/Margo-Jefferson-Negroland/ Idlewild: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idlewild,_Michigan Sugar Hill, Jacksonville, FL: www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/americas-lost-towns-of-black-affluence/ www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/vintage-photos-sugar-hill/ Sugar Hill, NYC: above110.com/harlem-nyc/sugar-hill-nyc/ www.google.com/amp/s/ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/sugar-hill-once-harlems-most-glamorous-enclave/amp/ Durham, NC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wall_Street_(Durham,_North_Carolina) There are many more but these are a good start...

@F Sanders thank you I've been looking for examples like this. I want to study the history of wealthy black neighborhoods

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My Aunt's neighborhood was taken same way as Bottom/Paradise for the widening of Davison in the 60s/70s and it most definitely was a White neighborhood.

That the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Neal Detroit was the Automobile Capitol of the world at one time MO in MOTOWN stands for MOTOR. Barry's Flight to CA was brought on by Democratic Politics and Weaponized Drugs used to "Win Equal Rights" and destruction of the MAFIA brought Detroit to third world status.

WRONG, without Cars, no money, no nothing...and no Berry Gordy.

Attacking the mafia did screw some things up.

Exactly, there would be no Berry Gordy without the auto industry. He worked at Ford and that job gave him the money to start his label.

Neil Forbes Maybe Americans know about this, but outside of America Detroit is knows as an Automotive Capital of the World.

Kwame Muhammad And got kicked out after Malcom X was slain. Glad they’re reopening the case.

Yes sir

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The Lebanese have been moving to Michigan since the 1800's. They're a little famous for working on Great Lakes freighters. I'm sure there are better examples of Islamic immigrants than a political organization.

@@purplespeckledappleeater8738 ISLAM MAY NOT HAVE BLOSSOMED IN AMERICA IF NOT FOR A "POLITICAL" ORGANIZATION. MUSLIM'S SHOULD SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE EARLY "BLACK MUSLIMS' THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR MUSLIMS TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH TODAY.

Well hopefully Trump's tariffs on China will help. Force businessmen to move their factories back to America.

www.dailydetroit.com/2019/10/18/i-375-in-detroit-planned-to-become-a-boulevard-by-2024/

I grew up in Detroit back in 1956 .I left my mother's funeral - which was when I was last there in 1996 .I hear a lot of the public radio and it was interesting as he was a retired FBI Agent .He stated that he primary mission in dealing with Detroit ( as well as other large cities ) was to make sure that certain areas maintain a constant flow - supply of illegal drugs into the city .This ( as people already know ) is what is known as keeping people down . Same as excessive liquor stores in area .

You are 100% right

Google The Melanics

It's so good to asked the real questions, and know the answers that none of these so called historians are willing to cover!

Sarcastic much.lol

I was there when he performed in Harmonie Park!

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I read that Dwight Eisenhower passed a lot of laws to send freeways straight through our communities.

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@@jasonkaramo5477 oh yes! Effectively segregated forever chicago when they tore down at least 15 miles of wentworth avenue to build the congress/Dan Ryan expressway......my sincere heart goes out to the great Detroit....were rooting for yall.

Yeah, sure buddy! white people are what's wrong with Detroit, huh?

@@dudearon8130 Sorry if that’s how you interpreted what I said. No, it isn’t all that’s wrong with Detroit, but it’s one of the primary catalysts, buddy.

Democrats

@@MrEatThatAs Yep. That’s why I’m going to hold my nose and vote Republican for the foreseeable future. Too much wokeness.

Renee Lowe. hear#

Renee Lowe yes but no it wasn't, it was first a German jewish neighborhood, and Black people, then Eastern European jewish people settled there. It was always integrated until the 1930s. Then it became primarily black people until the city ran that damn freeway through it all under the idiotic urban renewal so called improvement plan which sadly happened in many cities. I was born in Detroit. In San Francisco where I live, this city did similar things in the Fillmore district such as tarring down beautiful Victorian housing and displacing a whole vibrant black community. Sickening. BTW Black Bottom was named by the French for its rich top soil.

@@shellybellysf: good info.

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Not just repeats but it's the right move to make. Black people want and need for directly from the earth. Fuck that other seedless and GMO GARBAGE

Good idea, IMO!

Young destroyed a LOT of things in Detroit...

Coleman Young would bath in the Sewage treatment ponds.

why you vote for Democrats is beyond me

democrats have always oppressed blacks

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I believe there was a series of commas within that sentence.

nevermind that it was a Polish neighborhood

@Damien Williams Are you ok?

@Damien Williams 3 words makes you think my life is emotional? Seriously, are you okay?

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True, but so did those displaced black people. The only difference is that the Polish, and other white minorities, could easily assimilate into mainstream white America and ,thus, could reap the benefits of no red-lining, getting bank loans, etc. Got to look a bit deeper into it to gain a better understanding.

@@REM977 Democrats have always been screwing blacks

@@REM977 Excellent comment. Exactly right.

@@PeaceToAll-sl1db I wouldn't come right out and call you a racist troll however...

Um no... Many people when they fled couldn't sell their homes. That's why so many houses are abandoned. They did not take their resources because the immigrant Catholic working class neighborhoods that got destroyed didn't have the same resources that the Anglo communities had. That's why the wealthy communities stayed and Catholics slowly saved up and left over the next 30 years. Most of the wealth from the Midwest that was created through the Michigan lumber industry that turned Michigan into a moonscape among other industries that extracted natural resources or got cannibalized in favour the auto industry. A lot of industry left the Rust Belt for the American South, which was done intentionally by the Federal government to spread out all the industry of the country away from the Midwest. The government thought everyone should have a piece of the pie instead of a centralized industrial heartland that was vulnerable to nuclear attack so the Rust Belt and all of the factory towns that fed the industry of the Midwest one by one economically collapsed. That is how the South and Western states got their manufacturing. Mexico too. Money from the Midwest went to build up California and the West Coast. The thing is, in 50 years people managed to slowly move away, which is still happening today. The satellite cities grew into suburbs and suburbs grew into new cities until SE Michigan/Metro Detroit grew like a giant ring around the city of Detroit. In a few decades, the farmland between Flint and Oakland county will be settled and Metro Detroit will stretch all the way to Flint. That process started in 1967. In the 1950's, Pontiac and Troy were small agricultural communities. Children in Troy had to choose to go to high school in Pontiac or Detroit. Look at the population census records if you don't believe me. Coleman Young created a racist political machine that stole from and oppressed African Americans. Coleman Young literally made a speech where he told white people to get out of Detroit if they didn't like his corruption and parking lots. That political machine was destroyed when the FBI moved into the McNamara building because they were spending too much money flying to and from Detroit. That is why Detroit before COVID hit was suffering a small period of revival in the downtown area.

Why don't you just come to town an open up your plantation, you racist troll! Many whites moved to the suburbs via major assistance from the G.I. Bill that were denied to black servicemen. Also for poin tof information, the white flight was taking place almost 2 decades prior to the 67 Riots... (which was also the boiling point from police mistreatment and cramming blacks into that restricted area when Black Bottom was strategically slated for "Urban Renewal") Contrary to lazy and bigoted reporting there are a lot black business existing and being started in and around the city but of course, that won't flow with this regions bashing narrative. Yes, the city/region is heavy handed in the auto industry but there are still needs to be filled continually in the skill trades arena, to which many individuals are taking advantage of it. Why don't blacks go into farming (have you checked the way black farmers are treated versus white farmers nationwide?) Play soccer (surely you jest). You can't be from Detroit labeling us the "The Big D" ...LOL . That is Dallas moniker (Nimrod). The City of Detroit is known as "The D" period! Whew....some people!

He's not being racist. He's actually speaking the truth and D. Tucker, you're actually telling the racialized version of the story.

i thought black people from the south moved there for jobs.....

Technically they're east of Portugal

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The guy was being racist and they left it in the video. That wasn't a mistake.

never mind that it was almost exclusively Polish .....notwithstanding, they inferred that it was some level of racism that forced the city to destroy it (actually also inferring the Eisenhauer the Republican was to blame): the area was a crime ridden dump that was impossible to police and unsafe to those that lived there. Revisionism anyone?

Unions are socialist.

It was the Republican Albert Cobo was the one who destroyed black bottom Democrats had nothing to do with it.

Pistongreg Dud he also cause the astronomical illiteracy rate among blacks and the single parent homes, higher drop out rates? Take some personal responsibly you all will be better off. Quit believing the lies the media and democrats tell you.

We will when your country bows down to China.... Soon and very soon ....lol