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le détroit (The Straits)

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John and Amina Essa (courtesy Peter Essa)

Tom Essa (courtesy Pete Binno)

Via U.S. Library of Congress TITLE: Adana - Street in Christian Quarter, June '09 CALL NUMBER: LC-B2- 819-5[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ggbain-50065 (digital file from original negative) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. CREATED/PUBLISHED: June '09. CREATOR: Bain News Service, publisher.

Source: The Armenian Genocide, Arte France, The cie des Phares et Balises
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Abdulhamit II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918, George Grantham Bain Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, circa 1890
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Detroiters in Riot on Negro Project, New York Times, March 1, 1942.

Black Bottom
Map source: Google Maps
Location source:
Gavrilovich, P., McGraw, B. Ed., The Detroit Almanac: 300 years of life in the Motor City, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, 2001, p. 108.
Williams, J., Detroit: The Black Bottom Community, Arcadia Publishing, 2009, p.7.

Housing Race Bias Evident in North, New York Times, April 15, 1951.

Race War in Detroit, Life, July 5, 1943, pp. 94-95.

Quit Claim Deed, 205 Alfred Street, Detroit, MI, January 9, 1973.

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