Quote Originally Posted by nain rouge View Post
Detroitnerd: Your script is funny, but it let's not forget how much "businessmen" hated the unions in Detroit, in addition to the issues with black labor. Granted, many unions followed workers into the suburbs, but the concentration and sheer number of unions in Detroit was intense and allowed for unparalleled synergy.
Yes, you're right. And neighborhoods like Hastings Street were notable sources of political power. Ironically, the court rulings that outlawed racial covenants in housing aided in the spatial deconcentration of Hastings Street, and ended the era where Detroit's blacks of all incomes lived together, which had created a strong political bloc.