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Author:

Boyd, Herb, 1938- author.

Title:

Black Detroit : a people's history of self-determination / Herb Boyd.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Amistadan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--History--20th century.
Boyd, Herb,--1938-
Detroit (Mich.)--Biography.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Watson, JoAnn Ford, writer of foreword.
Lockett, Ron, writer of afterword.

Notes:

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 bail 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.

ISBN:

0062346628
9780062346629

OCLC:

(OCoLC)952206841

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)