In the Shadow of 12th Street: Detroit's decline was a family affair

Then-Michigan Governor George Romney surveys the damage of the 1967 Detroit riot.   It’s hard to believe it now, but the Twelfth Street neighborhood used to be a respectable place, humming with the joyful noise of family life, buzzing with the din of retail shopping, commerce. It wasn’t always Detroit’s most troubled neighborhood. But that … Continue Reading →