6/30/2023 0 Comments Book black bottom saints![]() ![]() The blacks were not given any housing assistance that they were promised, and so were scattered.īy the early 60s, 432 residences, 104 businesses and 22 manufacturing plants in the area had been decimated, with its residents scattered to the wind. As the highway was extended north it also displaced a substantial white population, but they were able to move into other white-only areas. Bulldozers ravaged the Black Bottom out of existence with all its history and culture cast asunder. It was for the purpose to consciously destroy it in the name of urban renewal. ![]() Having been raised in the “hood” in the far west side, I remember when I-75, I-375 and the Ford Expressway were deliberately planned to plow through this area. Many of the blacks who came up from the South to find riches in the auto factories made the Black Bottom their home. It was where jazz bands and blues emanated nightly. The “sepia community’s” heyday was in the 30s, 40s and 50s: a city within a city.ĭetroit at the time being predominantly white, the Black Bottom was a place for blacks to thrive and do their financial business. ![]() The area was bounded by Brush Street on the west, Grand Trunk R/R tracks on the east bisected by Gratiot Avenue. The Black Bottom and Paradise were two intertwined predominantly black enclaves situated in the city of Detroit. ![]()
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