A special event at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will shine a spotlight on the rich legacy of ...

A local group is committed to documenting the experiences and realities of residents from Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood.

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

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

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.

Sweet was not the first Black person they had done this to. Just a few months previously, Dr. Alexander Turner, one of ...

In a rundown Chicago recording studio in 1927, tempers rise and simmering conflicts erupt when the “Mother of the Blues” and her band record a set of jazz and blues standards. Fiery and ...

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

Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...

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