click to enlarge Photo via Google Maps The entrance to Greenwood Cemetery. Detroit is a city with a deep history, some of that history is associated with slavery and the underground railroad. Throughout the city, you’ll find places that connect to the route, such as … Read More

In 1999, Gayl Jones published a book that reads how jazz sounds. Her fourth novel, Mosquito, is an ambitious, experimental riff that mixes historical and philosophical beats and finds connections between border tensions between the United States and Mexico and the Underground Railroad. Mosquito showed … Read More

click to enlarge Lent by Jamon Jordan Jamon Jordan has been named the city’s first Detroit historian. The city of Detroit made history on Monday. Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday announced the appointment of Jamon Jordan, an educator and history leader, to serve as the … Read More