African Americans seeking a better life in Detroit found jobs at Ford Motor Company, but often in dirty and dangerous roles.
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Susana Allen Hunter's creativity in quilting was fueled by the practical concerns of her life in the Jim Crow South in one of the poorest counties in the United States. |
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One of the reasons Melvin Parson founded his growers’ association was to get "a seat at the table," as people of color were not represented among the farmers he met.
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In the late 1960s, some African Americans began to channel frustration and anger at lack of progress in civil rights and equality into the multi-faceted idea of “Black Power”—including the reshaping of African American education. |
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African Americans had long faced humiliation, segregation, and physical danger in their travels before Rosa Parks challenged Jim Crow laws on a Montgomery city bus. |
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George Washington Carver’s artistic talents helped him promote his scientific discoveries toward the goal of improving the standard of living of African American farm families. |
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Paradise Valley was a commercial center for African American Detroiters by day and a nightlife destination for both African Americans and whites at night, but was ultimately destroyed by urban renewal. |
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More than 180,000 African American men served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, risking their lives to secure freedom for all African Americans. |
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After racially charged civil unrest in Detroit in 1967, Detroit Edison documented its work to assess damage and restore power, but the photos also captured a city in the immediate aftermath of chaos. |
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Kimberly Bryant was inspired to found Black Girls Code through the “wake-up call” of lack of diversity in her daughter’s technology classrooms. |
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