Here at Lafayette Central Park, a Historical Marker now sits. It reminds people of where Black Bottom used to be, and although that neighborhood is now gone, it's history lives on.

Black Bottom and Paradise Valley were full of thriving Black enclaves, churches and jook joints pumping jazz into the streets ...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom opened at the Detroit Repertory Theatre on Friday, Jan. 10 to a packed house. The show is the second production of the theatre’s 68th season. Evan Lewis Smith is the ...