02222cam a2200337 4500 440234338 TxAuBib 20201002120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781439666982 1439666989 B07SPTWSQ4 Amazon d20f70bb-8c5a-4556-9138-134bbf6b6655 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4819222 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dusen, Gerald Van. Detroit's Birwood Wall [Libby (Advantage) eBook]. Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4504kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. In 1941, a real estate developer in northwest Detroit faced a dilemma. He needed federal financing for white clients purchasing lots in a new subdivision abutting a community of mostly African Americans. When the banks deemed the development too risky because of potential racial tension, the developer proposed a novel solution. He built a six-foot-tall, one-foot-thick concrete barrier extending from Eight Mile Road south for three city blocks—the infamous Birwood Wall. It changed life in West Eight Mile forever. Gathering personal interviews, family histories, land records and other archival sources, author Gerald Van Dusen tells the story of this isolated black enclave that persevered through all manner of racial barriers and transformed a symbol of discrimination into an expression of hope and perseverance. Nonfiction. Sociology. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-10-01 22:00:02. Advantage title. PhD, Reverend Jim Holley. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d20f70bb-8c5a-4556-9138-134bbf6b6655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d20f70bb-8c5a-4556-9138-134bbf6b6655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d20f70bb-8c5a-4556-9138-134bbf6b6655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)