Archive for the 'Detroit history' Category

Detroit’s Own Smokey Robinson smokin’ some poetry

• April 7, 2008

Posted in A Musician in Detroit, AfroBloggin, Black history, Detroit, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Detroit music, I Want to Tell You..., Tell Me Something Good, music, race relations, urban culture | No Comments »


Remembering the old Detroit train station

• September 24, 2007

Posted in Detroit, Detroit Movies, Detroit culture, Detroit history, city life | 5 Comments »


Once upon a time Detroit…

• July 26, 2007

Posted in Detroit, Detroit Movies, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Michigan cities, Rear View Mirror, city life, urban cities, urban culture | 2 Comments »


The truth about the Detroit 1967 Riot

• July 20, 2007

Posted in Detroit, Detroit Issues, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Michigan Issues, Michigan cities, Rear View Mirror, race relations, urban cities, urban culture, urban issues | 4 Comments »


Detroit music is the life and the blood

• June 17, 2007

Posted in A Musician in Detroit, Detroit, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Detroit music, city life, music, urban culture | 7 Comments »


Emery King chastises local Detroit news media for ignoring race relations

• May 30, 2007

Posted in Detroit, Detroit Issues, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Michigan Issues, Michigan culture, race relations, urban culture, urban issues | 4 Comments »


Driving a city bus should not be life-threatening

• May 26, 2007

Posted in Black history, Detroit, Detroit Issues, Detroit history, Detroit politics, Michigan cities, urban cities, urban issues | 2 Comments »


Forty years later: Looking back on the 1967 Detroit riot

• May 21, 2007

Posted in Black history, Detroit, Detroit history, Michigan cities, Michigan culture, Rear View Mirror, race relations, urban cities, urban culture | 5 Comments »


Detroit poetry, Detroit history, and why I love Dudley Randall

• May 2, 2007

Posted in Black history, Detroit, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Detroit politics, Michigan culture, Rear View Mirror, race relations, urban cities, urban culture, urban issues | 8 Comments »


Introduction

• March 1, 2007

Posted in Detroit, Detroit Issues, Detroit culture, Detroit history, Detroit music, Detroit politics, Michigan Issues, Michigan culture, Tell Me Something Good, city life, urban cities, urban culture, urban issues | 2 Comments »