Miles, Tiya
Summary: Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest's iconic city: Detroit. In this richly researched and eye-opening book, Miles has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 MILCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI South MilesDetroit Institute of Arts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills Press 0000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 AmeLevine, Philip.
Summary: A volume of prose poems and formal verses, includes pieces on breakfasting late-shift Detroit auto workers, a woman who sings with the Spanish dawn, and an Andorran communist black-market supplier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 LEVDetroit Junior
Contents: Call my job (4:24) -- Hot pants baby (2:45) -- Weak spot (5:42) -- Money crazy (3:41) -- Less violence, more love (3:35) -- Love no one but you (3:48) -- Rockin' after midnight (3:32) -- Somebody better do something (5:23) -- Just you my love (3:57) -- When it comes to your love (2:31) -- Blues on the internet (6:51) -- Messin' with the kid (2:26) -- Which one of us you want to please (3:17) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delmark 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES DETDetroit Institute of Arts
Summary: Full of colorful photos to satisfy any art enthusiast
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 ONEDetroit Junior
Contents: Boogie blues -- Send for me -- Key to the highway -- Mabelline/Whole lotta shakin' -- Strnge things happen -- What am I living for -- One scotch, one bourbon, one beer -- Turn up the heat -- If I hadn't been high -- Caledonia -- Baby what you want me to do -- Just a matter of time -- Everyday I have the blues -- Honest I do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Suit Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES DETDetroit Institute of Arts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.09 AFRDetroit Cobras
Contents: Cha cha twist -- I'll keep holding on -- Putty (in your hands) -- Easier to cry -- Jackson -- Bad girl -- Summer (the slum) -- Midnight blues -- You knows what to do -- Can't do without you -- Hittin' on nothing -- Out of this world -- Chumbawa -- Breakaway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sympathy for the Record Industry 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DETTobin, Jacqueline
Summary: The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers. While there were dedicated conductors and safe houses, there were also arduous nights in the mountains and days in threatening towns. For those who made it to Midnight, the code name given to Detroit, the Detroit River became their Jordan. And Canada became the Promised Land where they could live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 TOBBerg, Gordon
Summary: Seven-year-old Harry loves his new tropical paradise. Miami had the puffiest clouds ever, an ocean air that spoke of life teeming beneath the waves and, best of all, a new puppy. This was way better than Detroit! That is, until a deadly hurricane packing 150 mile-per-hour winds crashed ashore. Almost everyone was asleep and caught off guard. Then, in the light of dawn, when they thought the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2018
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Contents: Belleville / D. Reinhardt (4:41) -- Passion / J. Colombo, A. Murena (2:47) -- Honeysuckle rose / A. Razaf, T. Waller (3:41) -- Leila / W. Montgomery (5:14) -- Stompin' at Decca / D. Reinhardt (4:33) -- Nuages / D. Reinhardt (6:58) -- Swing one / E. Perri (4:41) -- Aurore / F. Lafertin (5:34) -- How insensitive / A.C. Jobim, V. de Moraes de Marcus, N. Gimbel (6:06) -- Tears / D. Reinhardt (3:57)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mack Avenue Records 2006