Detroit

Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit’s innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.

Free verse poems driven by a narrative impulse and informed by decades of work in and around Detroit.

Illustrates and analyzes Detroit’s dramatic physical transformation in a balanced mix of text and maps.

Stories of hope and quirky survival in the city of Detroit colored by Caribbean culture and memory.

Details Detroit's tumultuous social, political, and military history during the Civil War.

For young readers, the powerful story of an African American girl's train journey south from Detroit in 1937.

A history of how racial disunity and industrial decline handicapped post-World War II urban planning initiatives in Detroit.

Follows the work of Detroit women's organizations as they dealt with issues related to voting, industrialization, and immigration.

Explores interactions among the diverse inhabitants on the American and Canadian sides of the Detroit River who were bitterly divided by the War of 1812.