rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.” Elmore Leonard. The United States is a nation of large powerful cities. Some are technology hubs, some are centers for medical research, and the some are responsible for growth and economic prosperity. Each of these metropolises has had their own impact upon the U.S., but none of them have impacted America and the rest of the world like Detroit. Without Detroit we would be looking at a very different world then
in Warren, Michigan trying to make a career as a rapper in a scene dominated by African Americans in the year 1995. The title of the film derives from 8 Mile Road, which is a highway functioning as the border between black Detroit neighbourhoods characterized by a large population of African Americans and its mainly white upper class suburbs (Oakland and Macomb County). In his life Rabbit faces many struggles. He works as a blue collar in an automotive factory and grows up in a poor family surrounding
What would you do if you were homeless and living on the streets of Detroit? This is a question that most people would avoid to think about or not think about at all. Being homeless is something that most people do not want to experience simply because it is undesirable. Being homeless essentially means lacking one of the most important necessities a person needs, a safe shelter. There is a constant struggle for the homeless to live off of what can be found, gathered, and given. Homeless individuals
Detroit, Michigan believe it or not, used to be seen as the epitome of the American dream. The birthplace of the automobile, Detroit was once an industrial powerhouse, the focal point of the automobile industry. Judging off of the present, it might be hard to believe this. The Detroit riots of 1967 sent the city in a downward spiral. The Detroit riots were directed toward the whites and blacks of Detroit. The riots started because people of Detroit, particularly the African-Americans, felt they
Detroit: A Biography by Scott Martelle Scott Martelle is an accomplished journalist and author with vast experience in journalism. Currently, he is an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. Between the years of 1986 to 1995, he worked for the Detroit News as a staff writer. Apart from Detroit: A Biography, he has authored three other: Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West, The Fear Within: Spies, Commies, and American Democracy on Trial, and The Admiral and the
The black population of Detroit was disproportionately affected by deindustrialization and the movement of industry away from major American cities. This was due to many factors. This essay will address three categories of these factors: the black housing situation in Detroit, blacks’ experience in the workplace, and the effect of automation of factories on black employees. In order to understand the effect of deindustrialization on the black population, one must first begin with the housing situation
over the country. People of the same culture tended to stay together upon their arrival into this new world, leading to whole cities and towns dominated by single ethnicities. Greektown became the festive heart and soul of the Greek community of Detroit. What was once a flourishing ethnic enclave and home to thousands of Greeks has now been turned into a commercialized district, but not without a trace of what the area once used to be. Greektown demonstrates both the effect of a culture on a city
African-Americans out of the Southern United States. They migrated from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. The Great Migration occurred from 1910-1970. As Chicago, New York and other cities saw their black populations expand dramatically, migrants were forced to deal with poor working conditions and competition for living space, as well as a lot of racism and prejudice. During the Great Migration, African Americans began to build a new place for themselves
The freedom that the African Americans enjoyed after the end of slavery ensured a substantial relatively well educated part of the black population. Living in the Northern cities, one can identify a black middle class which is culturally very self-conscious. This time of economic welfare, has been proven to be an excellent time for the African Americans to become culturally avant-garde. That
the world. In today’s research provided by the Pew Research Center, Asians are now on pace to becoming the largest population of immigrants in the United States. The Hispanic population is no longer known for having the highest rate of immigrants with the Asians taking up nearly forty percent of the entire immigrant population. It has been nearly fifty years that the Hispanic population held the most immigrants coming to America. Studies have shown that the numbers for the Hispanics have declined while