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1900: At the beginning of the century, Detroit had 285,704 residents (13th largest city in the U.S. 1901 Detroit Tigers baseball team formed. 1902 Cadillac Automobile Company in business. Wayne County Courthouse built. Future aviator Charles Lindbergh born. 1903 Ford Motor Company and Pewabic Pottery in business. Board of Commerce formed. 1904
Detroit: Detroit Epic News: 1960s [18] 1900s ... Free newspaper. Lansing: Michigan State Echo: 1938 [85] Weekly [71] First of the Echo newspapers established by Leroy ...
The initial staff of the newspaper included E. G. Pipp, previously managing editor of the Detroit News, writers William J. Cameron (also formerly of the News) and Marcus Woodruff, and Fred Black as business manager. The paper was printed on a used press purchased by Ford and installed in Ford's tractor plant in The Rouge. Publication under Ford ...
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Blacks in Detroit had to face rising tensions from ethnic whites before and after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in January 1863. A Democratic Party paper, The Detroit Free Press, supported white supremacy and opposed President Abraham Lincoln's handling of the war. In addition, it consistently presented issues of the day as problems ...
The rise in the black population mirrored the overall increase in the population of Detroit. Between 1900 and 1930, the number of people in the city grew from 265,000 to more than 1.5 million residents. Polish immigrants contributed to this population surge, becoming in the 1930s a large immigrant group totaling more than 66,000.