![]() ![]() 1960 is the first census year that Detroit sees a decrease in population. ![]() Motown is sweeping the charts with Marvin Gaye’s “Can I Get a Witness” and Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heatwave.” And Detroit is a major contender to host the 1968 Summer Games.īut there are small wounds beginning to fester. He caps the event with the first version of the “I Have a Dream” speech a few months before the March on Washington. participates in the Walk to Freedom drawing over 100,000 marchers demanding equal wages, employment opportunities, and access to housing. So what was going on in 1963? The Big Three car companies are selling more cars than ever and Ford is just about to release the Mustang. But David Maraniss’ most recent book, Once in a Great City: a Detroit Story, goes back-way back-to when Detroit was an influential economic and cultural powerhouse-the year 1963. And of course, there is the “ruin porn,” an unfortunate term, but the photographs are interesting nonetheless (Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre’s The Ruins of Detroit). There are those about the people trying to change it for the better (Mark Binelli’s Detroit City is the Place to Be). ![]() ![]() There are the books about its hardships (Charlie LeDuff’s Detroit: an American autopsy). ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |