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In the 1950s Jewish settlement patterns changed from the northwest suburb of Detroit into Jewish spaces. In 1958, one-fifth of all Detroit Jews lived in Oak Park and Huntington Woods. But, some left for the suburbs with a sense of defeat.
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Mumford's architectural profile featured imported powder blue limestone block and exquisite Art Deco styling similar to other Detroit high schools. During much of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mumford High served a predominantly Jewish student population. The original building was demolished during the summer of 2012. [6]
The Detroit Free Press called the removal "the greatest mass evictions in Detroit's history." [85] Groundbreaking on the Douglass Project occurred on May 5 with Mayor Cobo turning the first shovel. [86] February 2 - Ford Motor put 15,000 workers at its Rouge plant on a six-day work week to meet increased demand for its products. [87]
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah is the largest Jewish School system in Michigan, with over 1,000 students. The school includes the Norma Jean & Edward Meer Early Childhood Development Center next to the boys' school. The yeshiva is known locally for its annual fund-raising dinner, held at the Detroit Renaissance Center, which usually features a guest speaker.
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Despite the rise in violence against Jews in the late 1950s, authorities were slow to associate them with integration until the Confederate Underground started to take credit for the bombings, in part because the southern segregationists were not uniformly anti-Jewish.