Words at War: Assignment USA / the Weeping Wood / Science at War

Words at War: Assignment USA / The Weeping Wood / Science at War – The Detroit Race Riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan in June 20, 1943, and lasted for three days before Federal troops restored order. The rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle on June 20, 1943 and continued until the 22nd of June, killing 34, wounding 433, and destroying property valued at million. In the summer of 1943, in the midst of World War II, tensions between blacks and whites in Detroit were escalating. Detroit’s population had grown by 350000 people since the war began. The booming defense industries brought in large numbers of people with high wages and very little available housing. 50000 blacks had recently arrived along with 300000 whites, mostly from rural Appalachia and Southern States.[2] Recruiters convinced blacks as well as whites in the South to come up North by promising them higher wages in the new war factories. Believing that they had found a promised land, blacks began to move up North in larger numbers. However, upon arriving in Detroit, blacks found that the northern bigotry was just as bad as that they left behind in the deep South. They were excluded from all public housing except Brewster Housing Projects, forced to live in homes without indoor plumbing, and paid rents two to three times higher than families in white districts. They also faced discrimination from the public and unfair treatment by the Detroit Police Department.[3] In addition, Southern whites brought their traditional bigotry with them as both races head …

Ist das West-Nil-Virus in eine virulentere Form mutiert?

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Detroit

Eine andere Neurologin, Dr. Elizabeth Angus aus Detroit, die seit Jahrzehnten West-Nil- Patienten behandelt, hat ebenfalls Hirnschädigungen nicht nur bei älteren, gebrechlichen Patienten, sondern jetzt auch bei jungen, vorher gesunden Patienten …
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