“The Friends” Historical Context
Slavery: Early Colonial period Declaration of Independence: 1776 Constitution: 1787 Civil War: Emancipation Proclamation: 1863 “Forty Acres and a Mule” Brown v. Board of Education: 1954 Forced integration after forced segretation
Throughout the 1960s Worst ones were Detroit (1967) and Los Angeles (several) “White Flight”: Detroit went from majority-white to majority-black in a very short period of time Metro Detroit is now consistently the most segregated area in the county