>>> WE CONTINUE OUR DETROIT
2020 SERIES ON 1967 RIOTS
LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD.
WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHITE
THE MAKEUP OF THE CITY.
>> WHY THE REASONS PEOPLE LEFT
CAROLYN.
>> SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
AMAZING TO THINK TWO WEEKS AWAY
FROM THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
RIOT 0S, TO, WHERE YOU LIVED IN
THE CITY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE
WHETHER THE RIOTS HAD A BIG
EFFECT ON YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY TODAY, PEOPLE INSTANTLY
THINK OF A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
URBAN CITY.
HARD TO BELIEVE 1940, 90% OF
WHITE.
>> I DON'T EVER REMEMBER BACK
PEOPLE IN ANY OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS I LIVED IN.
>> 1940s TO 19770s, BLACK
PEOPLE WERE EXCLUDED FROM WHITE
ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION CALLED
REDLINING.
THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH IT SAY
THAT TREATMENT HELPED SPARK THE
1967 RIOTS AND A MASS WHITE
COMMODUS FROM THE CITY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
CAUCASIAN FAMILIES LEAVING THE
CITY OF DETROIT REALLY IN
THAT TO?
SOME OF IT WAS TO GET AWAY FROM
THE TENSION AND GET AWAY FROM
THE RACIAL CONFLICT.
>> LARRY RELOCATED HIS FAMILY
>> WE LEFT IN 72, NOT BECAUSE
IT WASN'T SAFE, I REALLY DIDN'T
LIKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> GILL AND HER HUSBAND DID
JUST THE OPPOSITE THEY MOVE
FROM ROYAL OAK HERE FROM TO A
SIDE.
>> DID PEOPLE SAY TO YOU WHY IN
THE WORLD WOULD YOU MOVE TO
ESPECIALLY NOW?
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT
TO US FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
>> BEFORE THE RIOTS, THIS NOW
100-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
NEARLY ALL WHITE.
>> DURING THAT TIME IT WAS A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT BLACK PEOPLE
DID NOT LIVE IN.
>> AFTER THE RIOTS, WHITE
FLIGHT WAS FRANTIC, 67,000
PEOPLE FLED IN THE SUMMER
FOLLOWING THE UPRISING.
80,000 MORE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THE RACIAL MAKEUP OF SHERWOOD
FOREST WOULD FLIP FROM MAJORITY
WHITE TO 75% BLACK OVER THE
NEXT DECADE.
>> IT WAS UNHEARD OF ALMOST FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO SEE A
WHITE FAMILY MOVE INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT NOW IT'S VERY COMMON.
>> GILL'S DAUGHTER LAURA WHO
LIVED IN OTHER STATES RETURNED
TO MICHIGAN TO BUY A HOME HERE
IN HER CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
OF SHERWOOD FOREST.
>> NOT AWARE I DON'T THINK AS
KIDS OF ALL THE STRIVE AND
TRAUMA OF THE CITY, I JUST
CHILDHOOD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BLACKS AN
WHITES LIVED HERE IN HARMONY.
AND WHEN ALL HAD GIVEN UP ON
BONDED.
GILL WROTE THIS BOOK
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
CELEBRATING SHERWOOD FOREST.
READING ABOUT DETROIT RIGHT
NOW.
I THINK IT'S ALSO THAT PEOPLE
ARE ARE INTERESTED IN THE IDEA
STRONG AND VIABLE.
>> AND THAT IS ONE STRONG AND
VIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT
SHERWOOD FOREST.
UNLIKE THE RODWINS MAY NEVER
RETURN TO THE CITY, HE IS HAPPY
TO SEE THE COME BACK.
ESTIMATED 75,000 WHITES LIVE IN
GROWING.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE
THIS BOOK ABOUT SHERWOOD FOREST
IT IS AVAILABLE AT WAYNE STATE,
AMAZON AND BARNES & NOBLE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, A LOT
OF DIVERSITY IS COMING BACK TO
DETROIT, WHITES, BLACKS, OTHER
NATIONALITIES ARE BOYING HOMES
AND LOVING IT.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF
THE CITY AND THEY HAVE NOT GONE
SOMETHING.
THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO BACK,
BACK.
CHANGE.
>> GRADUALLY.
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OWN STORY