Black Bottom, Time and Place
We Invited Martha Music, Writer and Seminal Detroiter, to Share the History, and Her Memories, of Black Bottom
We Invited Martha Music, Writer and Seminal Detroiter, to Share the History, and Her Memories, of Black Bottom
Celebrate Juneteenth 2023 in Detroit with Community Events for All Ages
Dismantling I-375 and Converting it to an Urban Boulevard is No Ordinary MDOT Project
The history of the United States is deeply linked with systemic abuse. It's a simple statement and it's not political, but a recognizable fact. The question is, how do we, in a society that is now coming to understand the maladies of its past, choose
Billie Holiday's connection to the city of Detroit, was on the latest display at the Detroit Insitutitue of Art's exhibit, To Disembark: Billie Holiday. Besides the haunting hum of her song Strange Fruit, as you walk through the DIA's African American Art exhibit, Billie Holiday's
Martha Reeves' office is in a house. A bedroom to be exact. During our interview, she is sitting at a small desk—a bed between us. Atop the bed, pages of a coloring book—a picture of the Eiffel Tower that, at first glance, looks like an original drawing. Ms. Reeves pulls out a giant tub of
Eighty years ago Detroit’s own Joe Louis defeated Jimmy Braddock to become world heavyweight champion. The June 22, 1937 historic bout at Chicago’s Comiskey Park was a career-establishing win for the handsome 23-year-old. Moreover, it was a win for marginalized black America, in general, and