Black Bottom Detroit Map

Black Bottom Detroit Map. Bringing Detroit's Black Bottom back to (virtual) life The most critical and essential element of the digital archive is its collection of oral histories from Black Bottom. Black Bottom was the center of Black life in Detroit, beginning in the early 1900's and continuing through the Great Migration, when Black people moved to the city in large numbers from the American South.

Visit Detroit’s Historic Black Bottom in these historical pictures Detroit Paradise Valley
Visit Detroit’s Historic Black Bottom in these historical pictures Detroit Paradise Valley from paradisevalleydetroit.org

Our archive is more than a repository—it's a celebration of all things Black Detroit. Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan.The term has sometimes been used to apply to the entire neighborhood including Paradise Valley, but many consider the two neighborhoods to be separate

Visit Detroit’s Historic Black Bottom in these historical pictures Detroit Paradise Valley

Credit: Black Bottom Street View/Black Bottom Archives. Credit: Black Bottom Street View/Black Bottom Archives. Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan.The term has sometimes been used to apply to the entire neighborhood including Paradise Valley, but many consider the two neighborhoods to be separate

Maps at Home with PG Watkins and a recreated map of Detroit’s Black Bottom DETROITography. The map is compiled out of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps to recreate the area 4, 1922 - Nov 1951 Black Bottom Street View / Black Bottom Archives

The People and Places of Black Bottom, Detroit National Endowment for the Humanities. Paradise Valley was the business district and entertainment center of a densely-populated African-American residential area in Detroit known as Black Bottom, from the 1920s through the 1950s Format JPEG Language English Type Map ©2024 Regents of the University of Michigan