Post War Detroit

Blockbusting ...

• initially integrated neighborhoods but contributed to housing problems

• was the way black people were kept out of white neighborhoods

• referred to great success in movies

• was the method by which Detroit demolished Black Bottom and Paradise Valley

property covenants or deed covenants ...

• were part of a mortgage process

• were legal ways to not sell blacks homes and businesses

• meant someone legally owned public housing complexes

• meant land could not be changed

One reason Northern High School students boycotted the school in 1966 was NOT

• lack of bus routes

• lack of a college prep curriculum

• a racist principal who refused to resign

• the refusal to publish a student journalist's article

The loss of Paradise Valley and Black Bottom impacted blacks in Detroit ... CHOOSE TWO

• by creating better affordable public housing

• by causing them to live in overcrowded run down places on the west side

• with the loss of friendly store owners who would help their customers in many way

• with the creation of public mass transport

Birwood Wall was

• a physical separation between white and black neighborhoods

• a mural meant to encourage the residents of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley

• the wall separating neighborhoods from the highway

• a playground for blacks and whites to use in the 1950s

In Detroit, most schools were evenly integrated by the 1960s.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why were black neighborhoods often more rundown than white neighborhoods in Detroit?

• black families could not get FHA loans to renovate or repair their homes

• black neighborhoods had a lot of flooding

• white neighborhoods had many families sharing the same house so more people could keep it up

• white neighborhoods were older and considered historical

Why did Detroit ultimately demolish the neighborhoods of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley?

• to give Eastern Market more room to expand

• to build highways and high end homes

• to build Tiger Stadium

• to create new affordable public housing