Detroit's Neighborhoods in the 70s

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The 8 Mile–Wyoming area was a black neighborhood long before the 1960s, it was settled by blacks in the early 20th century, when the surrounding area was still farmland.

It actually started out as mixed, with a wall built [[Birwood Wall) in the 40's, to separate whites and blacks. Here's a couple of articles documenting this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Wall http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-wall/2127165/