Black Bottom Detroit Map

Black Bottom Detroit Map. Historical photos from Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood The Black Bottom Digital Archive is an outgrowth of Black Bottom Archives and the Black Bottom Street View projects 4, 1922 - Nov 1951 Black Bottom Street View / Black Bottom Archives

The Black Bottom Digital Archive is an outgrowth of Black Bottom Archives and the Black Bottom Street View projects During the 1920s, the Black population in Detroit swelled from 41,000 to 120,000 as migrants from the South arrived daily to seek employment in the automobile industry.

Revisiting Detroit's Black Bottom Neighborhood, Decades After Demolition Atlas Obscura

"Black Bottom Street View is a project to visualize Detroit's historic Black Bottom neighborhood." The Black Bottom area was acquired by the City of Detroit under eminent domain and razed due to the slum conditions, although Mayor Cobo was well known for his racist sentiments Black Bottom, Detroit (1951) Reset View Zoom In Zoom Out Rotate left Rotate Right Twitter; Facebook; During its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, the legendary Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom was home to more than a hundred thousand African Americans and their businesses

Bringing Detroit's Black Bottom back to (virtual) life. During the 1920s, the Black population in Detroit swelled from 41,000 to 120,000 as migrants from the South arrived daily to seek employment in the automobile industry. Black Bottom was the center of Black life in Detroit, beginning in the early 1900's and continuing through the Great Migration, when Black people moved to the city in large numbers from the American South.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DETROIT’S BLACK BOTTOM NEIGHBORHOOD RogueHAA. Then came urban renewal and, by 1960, this unique. This map is a tool to help us get a glimpse into the extent of the loss of these beloved communities