Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit
by Julia Marie Robinson Moore
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9780814351437
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication Date: October 2024
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
226 Pages
Bradby's efforts as an activist and "race leaderby examining the role the minister played in high-profile events, such as the organizing of Detroit's NAACP chapter, the Ossian Sweet trial of the mid-1920s, the Scottsboro Boys trials in the 1930s, and the controversial rise of the United Auto Workers in Detroit in the 1940s.
Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City
by Felicia B. George
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9780814350768
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication Date: March 2024
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
272 Pages
In succinct and engrossing chapters, George explores issues of community, race, politics, and the scandals that sprang up along the way, discovering how "playing the numbersgrew from a state-proclaimed crime to an encouraged legal activity.
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