This article talks about how the influx of blacks in Detroit Unions caused bowling to integrate.
Project Topics: Culture
Hank Greenberg: Detroit’s Jewish Superstar
The story of the heckling of Hank Greenberg during the 1935 World Series and how it reflected national debates around Jewish stardom in a uniquely Detroit way.
The Purple Gang: How Detroit Supplied Liquor to the United States During Prohibition
Detroit became one of the most important cities during the Prohibition because of the connections the Purple Gang had to Canada, and the mass amounts of alcohol that they were able to smuggle into the United States.
The Black Bottom, Slum Clearance, and Detroit’s Self-Destructive Desires
The Black Bottom Neighborhood Black Bottom was among the oldest neighborhoods in Detroit prior to its demolition. Although bearing a large immigrant and Jewish population by the turn of the 20th century, factors such as the Great Migration, new job opportunities, and redlining resulted in an explosion of Black Bottom’s African American population. Over the […]
The Great Migration
The Great Migration (also known as The Black Migration) in 20th Century Chicago.
Chicago’s Influence on Jazz Music
Jazz music began in New Orleans, Louisiana. The musical genre has roots in European traditions, blues, and ragtime. It also derives from work songs sung by slaves on southern plantations. Jazz was not a popular musical genre until the 20th century when African Americans moved to Chicago during the Great Migration to escape the Jim […]
Al Capone, Prohibition, and the Rise of Organized Crime in Chicago
The rise of organized crime in Chicago can be attributed to a multitude of factors, however two of the most prevalent of these are the “urban renewal” of the Levee district and the introduction of the 18th amendment to the United States Constitution, otherwise known as Prohibition. The Levee District is a two square block […]
Effects of Professional Hockey in Chicago
This Project is about the Chicago Blackhawks that are a team that went through the 20th century facing Discrimination about the use of the name of an American Indian
African American Public Housing
The creation of Public Housing for African Americans in Chicago in the 20th Century.
Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime in Chicago
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution instated Prohibition throughout America. While it was rallied and put forth by puritanical values, its greatest profits would be the organized crime, corruption, and gangster culture that it created. While bootleggers, speakeasies, and organized crime would grow all throughout America during Prohibition, Chicago was a standout with its […]
