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Canton Township

By: Gerald C. Van Dusen

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Canton Township, which took its name from the city in China to distinguish itself from other early American communities, has a rich agricultural heritage, evident in its onetime moniker "Corn Capital of Michigan." The pioneers who traveled to Canton in the first half of the 19th century were a hearty breed of farmers and settlers who cleared land, built roads, and forged a life for their families in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories. No single town center emerged, but two villages--Sheldon Corners and Cherry Hill--sprang up to provide centers of community activity in their churches, post offices, and general stores. Eventually the appearance of the automobile and the expressway dramatically altered the landscape of Canton Township, leading to the commercial development and housing boom of today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738540986

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9780738540986

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

By: Gerald Van Dusen

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Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

By: Gerald Van Dusen

In 1941, a real estate developer in northwest Detroit faced a dilemma. He needed federal financing for white clients purchasing lots in a new subdivision abutting a community of mostly African Americans. When the banks deemed the development too risky because of potential racial tension, the developer proposed a novel solution. He built a six-foot-tall, one-foot-thick concrete barrier extending from Eight Mile Road south for three city blocks--the infamous Birwood Wall. It changed life in West Eight Mile forever. Gathering personal interviews, family histories, land records and other archival sources, author Gerald Van Dusen tells the story of this isolated black enclave that persevered through all manner of racial barriers and transformed a symbol of discrimination into an expression of hope and perseverance.

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1467142018

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9781467142014

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

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History Press Library Editions

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1540239225

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9781540239228

Detroit’s Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942: Prelude to the Race Riot of 1943

By: Gerald Van Dusen

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Detroit’s Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942: Prelude to the Race Riot of 1943

By: Gerald Van Dusen

During World War II, no American city suffered a worse housing shortage than Detroit, and no one suffered that shortage more than the city's African American citizens. In 1941, the federal government began constructing the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in northeast Detroit to house 200 black war production workers and their families. Almost immediately, whites in the neighborhood vehemently protested. On February 28, 1942, a confrontation between black tenants and white protesters erupted in a riot that sent at least 40 to the hospital and more than 220 to jail. This confrontation was the precursor to the bloodiest race riot of the war just sixteen months later. Gerald Van Dusen, author of Detroit's Birwood Wall, unfolds the background and events of this overlooked moment in Motor City history.

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Canton Township

Canton Township

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred & Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit's Birwood Wall: Hatred and Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit's Birwood Wall: Hatred and Healing in the West Eight Mile Community

Detroit’s Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942: Prelude to the Race Riot of 1943

Detroit’s Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942: Prelude to the Race Riot of 1943

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