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Adam Shakoor, March 16, 2016
In this interview, Adam Shakoor discusses growing up in the Sojourner Truth. He also goes into great detail about the reactions people had towards the police, the National Guard, and the unrest itself. He also comments about the political structure…
Adrienne Bennett, September 7th, 2022
In this interview, Adrienne Bennett talks about being nominated for the Hustle project and her business Benkari, LLC Plumbing, Water Quality and Conservation.
Tags: Black Business, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, The Hustle
Akil Alvin, August 17th, 2022
In this interview, Akil Alivn talks about his business Digital Detroit Media also known as DDM which was founded in 2013.
Tags: Black Business, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, The Hustle
Al Calvert, July 18th, 2017
In this interview, Calvert recollects his childhood growing up in the Jim Crow South and the impact he believes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had. He the discusses his move to Detroit and how he fell into a life of drugs, parties, and prostitutes. He…
Al Hebert
In this interview, Hebert discusses growing up on the east side of Detroit in the 1940s and ‘50s and the challenges of maintaining his art studio in the years following the events of ’67.
Alan Feldman, June 16th, 2015
In this interview, Feldman discusses growing up in the suburban community of Oak Park and his experiences on Detroit’s west side, where he worked as a shoe salesman, and where his father ran two cleaning stores. Feldman discusses segregation in the…
Alee Darwish, March 30th, 2015
In this interview, Darwish discusses growing up in a multi-ethnic community in Highland Park and the causes and effects of the 1967 disturbance, including the closing of the Highland Park Ford Plant and race relations. He also discusses changes in…
Alfred Murphy, June 27th, 2016
In this interview, Murphy discusses his move to the Detroit area and serving in World War II with his brother. He also discusses joining the Detroit Fire Department and his experiences during the 1967 unrest.
Algernon Mark Bartell, August 22nd, 2022
In this interview, Algernon Bartell talks about owning five different businesses in the Detroit area.
Tags: Black Business, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, The Hustle
Ali Omar, September 2nd, 2022
In this interview, Ali Omar talks about being a part of the Hustle project, his business and growing up.
Tags: Black Business, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, The Hustle
Alison Mellon
Alison Mellon was a student at Wayne State University in July, 1967.
Alison Vaughn, August 30th, 2022
In this interview, Alison Vaughn talks about her business in Detroit, Jackets for Jobs.
Tags: Black Business, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, The Hustle
Allan Ranusch
Allan Ranusch was 11 years old and lived in the lower east side of Detroit in 1967. He remembers when looters broke into the neighborhood convenience store, snipers, and the damage to his neighborhood.
Allen Adinoff
Allen Adinoff was 16 years old and living in Southfield, Michigan in July 1967.
Alys Currier, February 7th, 2017
In this interview, Currier discusses her impressions of the events of July 1967.
Amne Talab, November 17th, 2016
In this interview, Amne Talab shares her memories of the summer of 1967 in Detroit and Highland Park when she was eight years old.
Ana
Ana was a 13 year old who lived with her grandparents near the training grounds where the Detroit Fire Department was stationed.
Andrew Wahl
In this interview, Wahl discusses growing up in the Cass Corridor and attending Dally each year. He discusses daily life in the Cass Corridor and how it has changed over the years.