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Approximately 1,400,000 of the 1,600,000 white people in Detroit after World War II left the city for the suburbs. [184] Beginning in the 1980s, for the first time in its history, Detroit was a majority-black city. [185] This drastic racial demographic change resulted in more than a change in neighborhood appearance.
In 2010, 82.2% of the people living in Detroit were black, and it was the large American city with the highest percentage of black people. By 2023 this percentage was down to 77.2%, and so there were other major cities with higher percentages of black people.
Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada The following is a list of people from Detroit , Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area .
Indeed, the 2020 U.S. census showed that the non-Hispanic white population of Detroit increased by 5,000 people between 2010 and 2020. Though this was a small amount relative to Detroit's overall population, it was the first measurable population growth in decades. [citation needed]
Indeed, the case was the basis for a 2007 historical-fiction novel by author Margit Liesche, “Lipstick and Lies.” ... That year, 56 people were convicted of espionage in Detroit.
Ethnic groups in Detroit, 1951. Wayne University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1951. Content re-posted to: Feinstein, Otto. Ethnic Communities of Greater Detroit. Monteith College, Wayne State University, 1970. Michigan History Magazine, Volumes 21-23. Michigan Historical Commission, 1937. (content seems to also be present in Feinstein)
In 2015, former Detroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen took a deep dive into the history and significance of ghost signs, ultimately publishing his book "Fading Ads of Detroit" in 2018.
History of Mexican Americans in Metro Detroit; Michigan State Fair; Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building; History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit; Milwaukee Junction; Miss Detroit; Motown; Donald Murphy (serial killer) Musée Cadillac