History lives on at Detroit's Black Bottom ...

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 ...

The MSU Museum has released a curriculum guide for teaching K-12 students about Detroit’s Black Bottom Neighborhood. The ...

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 ...

Jamon Jordan, Detroit's first official historian, teaches and retells the stories of Detroit's Black community.

Stepping onto the platform at Michigan Central Station was stepping into a new chapter. For Black families leaving the Jim Crow South, Detroit was more than a destination. It was a declaration. They ...

The MSU Museum has released "Honor in Action: Celebrating the Community History of Detroit’s Black Bottom Neighborhood," a curriculum guide for teaching students about the historical ...