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The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [3] Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in ...
UTC-4 ( Eastern Daylight Time (North America)) The Cass Corridor is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward ...
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and ...
Black Bottom, Detroit. Coordinates: 42°20′26″N 83°02′27″W. Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan. The term has sometimes been used to apply to the entire neighborhood including Paradise Valley, but many consider the two neighborhoods to be separate. [1] Together, Black Bottom and Paradise Valley were ...
Diana Ross performs during “Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central” on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Over its history, the restaurant expanded to include three dining rooms and remained in the Sokolowski family through three generations. [5] Sokolowski's University Inn operated in a modified cafeteria style serving Polish and Eastern European specialties such as pierogis , chicken paprikash , and stuffed cabbage .
1040 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-246-8811; adelinadetroit.com. Dining guide: Best places to eat in metro Detroit: Nearly 100 restaurants chosen by Free Press critics. This article originally ...
Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli (February 9, 1904 – September 17, 1973) was an American gangster and bootlegger during Prohibition. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Licavoli, along with brother Peter Joseph Licavoli and cousin James Licavoli, worked with Jewish gangsters to take over illegal gambling in St. Louis. The Licavolis soon moved on to Detroit ...