Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal
“Over the next few decades, the redevelopment of Black Bottom would be mirrored in African American, working class, and immigrant neighborhoods across the country, from Boston’s West End to San Francisco’s Fillmore. Kutil notes that displacement of black and poor urban residents continues today, whether through tax foreclosures or gentrification. ‘It’s just happening really slowly, in piecemeal ways, because we never addressed the root causes.’“