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Black Detroit : a people's history of self-determination

Boyd, Herb

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Summary: "Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd chronicles the fascinating history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering an expansive discussion of this iconic city, Black Detroit ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017