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From historic marker on the site of Brewster Homes. Between 1910 and 1940 Detroit, Michigan's African American population increased dramatically. In 1935, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt broke ground for the Brewster Homes, the nation’s first federally funded public housing development for African Americans. The homes opened in 1938 with 701 units.
The city of Detroit annexed the subdivision in 1926, bringing water and sewer to the neighborhood and making the area more attractive. [ 3 ] Compared with other contemporary neighborhoods, such as Palmer Woods and the Grosse Pointes , Rosedale Park has more modest house and lot sizes reflecting the solidly middle- and upper-middle class status ...
During World War II, the African-American population in Detroit ballooned to 300,000 residents, but housing covenants, overpriced rent, and other forms of discrimination restricted where they could live. Julius and William Schwartz platted the Annapolis Park suburb in Westland in 1953 specifically for African-Americans.
Conant Gardens is in northeast Detroit, Michigan located just west of Detroit's Krainz Woods neighborhood. [11] Houses were built in a variety of architectural styles including Tudor Revival and the Craftsmen style. [12] It is located between Conant Street and the City of Highland Park, north of the City of Hamtramck.
However, blacks were restricted in where they could live due to housing covenants, overpriced rent, and other forms of discrimination. [2] To alleviate the shortage of housing space, Julius and William Schwartz platted the Annapolis Park suburb in what was then Nankin Township and is now Westland, specifically for African-Americans. [2]
Detroit is edging dangerously close to bankruptcy, and the most obvious sign of its dramatic financial downfall lies in the ramshackle, abandoned homes that dot its neighborhoods. Michigan Gov ...
The Ossian H. Sweet House is a privately owned house located at 2905 Garland Street in Detroit, Michigan. The house was designed by Maurice Herman Finkel, and in 1925 it was bought by its second owner, physician Ossian Sweet, an African American. Soon after he moved in, the house was the site of a confrontation when a white mob of about 1,000 ...
African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses were founded during segregation in the United States, offering separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans. The Green Book (1936–1966) was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.