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  2. History of African Americans in Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Having Detroit's city leadership in the 1940s and 1950s attribute redevelopment and renovation with destroying "dangerous" parts of the city made black bottom especially vulnerable to displacement. The CPC subsequently failed to provide adequate resources for relocation to the black families whose homes and neighborhoods were destroyed. [ 34 ]

  3. File:C. 1940 Color 8mm Footage of Metro Detroit.webm

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    English: Silent 8mm film containing footage shot in and around Detroit, including footage of Belle Isle, the Detroit River, Henry Ford Museum, the Detroit Zoo, White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy, several houses of worship along Woodward Avenue, the New Center area, the Brewster Homes, Black Bottom, and downtown.

  4. Category:1940s in Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1940s in Detroit" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions

  5. History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    In the early 20th century, the middle-class women of the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs' (DFWC) promoted civic mindedness within the context of traditional gender roles. Most of them were married to prominent business and professional leaders. Issues of public health, sanitation, and public safety were of vital concern to all families.

  6. Black Bottom, Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Detroit City Is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5. Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This Is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146. Sugrue, Thomas J (2005). The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit.

  7. Category:1940s in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    1940s in Detroit (10 C, 1 P) E. 1940s Michigan elections (6 C) S. 1940s in sports in Michigan (10 C) This page was last edited on 22 September 2019, at 20:19 (UTC). ...

  8. 1943 Detroit race riot - Wikipedia

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    The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through to the early morning of June 22.It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions associated with the military buildup of U.S. participation in World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort.

  9. Category:1940s photographs - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1940s photographs" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 4 Children for ...