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French plan of 1749 Detroit: early plans - TylerTopics.com
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Racial clashes <br />
Racial conflicts as <strong>early</strong> as 1863 <br />
1925: Ku Klux Klan cross-burning attracted 10,000 people <br />
1943: Whites walked <strong>of</strong>f jobs when three blacks were hired <br />
1950s: Dearborn’s mayor : “Housing the Negroes is <strong>Detroit</strong>’s problem. Our city will<br />
remain lily white.” <br />
1967: <strong>Detroit</strong> riots <br />
43 people dead <br />
Whites moved to the suburbs <br />
White pop. 1960: 1,200,000; 1970: 800,000; Today: 200,000 <br />
1973: Coleman Young elected mayor <br />
In <strong>of</strong>fice for 20 years; he made it a black city. <br />
Black self-determination and black pride <br />
1977: Ren Cen built, but as a fortress
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