This article talks about how the influx of blacks in Detroit Unions caused bowling to integrate.
Time Periods: WWII
Segregation and Discriminatory Practices at Ford Motor Company in the 1930s and 40s
The Ford Motor Company was a place ahead of its time in the early 1900s especially with pushing work equality, however, by the 1930s and 40s, these factors began to change.
The 1943 Race Riot
The 1943 Detroit race riot was one of the biggest racial conflicts that occurred in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century, and it was primarily caused by deep-seated systemic racism and unequal housing and job opportunities in wartime Detroit. Shortly after the turn of the century, Detroit experienced a significant population […]
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 […]
Daily Life in Chicago Tenements
Overcrowded, poorly built, and unsanitary, tenement housing was one of the worst places to live, yet for so many it was their only choice. Newly settled immigrants as well as working-class families struggled to make a living and had to do so in deplorable conditions. There would be those that tried to change the situation, but their successes would only be temporary. Low-income housing is still a struggle for many today, and the roots of the issue can be traced back to those early days when tenements were the only option.
