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  2. History of African Americans in Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Black Detroiters are black or African American residents of Detroit.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Black or African Americans living in Detroit accounted for 79.1% of the total population, or approximately 532,425 people as of 2017 estimates. [2]

  3. Great Migration (African American) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970. [1]

  4. Second Great Migration (African American) - Wikipedia

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    In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States, the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the Northeast, Midwest and West.

  5. Demographic history of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    During the first wave of the Great Migration, thousands of African Americans settled in Detroit, as part of the total of 1.5 million black people who left the South in the first half of the 20th century looking for opportunities in the Northeast and Midwest. [11] In 1910, about 6,000 black people lived in the city. [12]

  6. Ethnic groups in Metro Detroit - Wikipedia

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    In 2002 Detroit had 771,966 black residents, making up 81.2% of its population and making it the city with the largest African-American population in Michigan. [40] That year it was also, out of all of the U.S. cities with 100,000 or more people, the city with the second highest percentage of black people. [ 2 ]

  7. 1943 Detroit race riot - Wikipedia

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    The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through to the early morning of June 22.It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions associated with the military buildup of U.S. participation in World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort.

  8. Black flight - Wikipedia

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    Suburban areas have seen increases in black residents.. Black flight is a term applied to the migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas in the United States to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities. [1]

  9. Black Bottom, Detroit - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, Black Bottom was home to many Eastern European Jewish immigrants, and the Great Migration influx of southern African Americans combined with redlining created a majority black neighborhood within Detroit. [4] As the Black Bottom grew, it became a lively area with jazz bars and nightclubs. [4]