1. “The Friends” Historical Context

2.  Slavery: Early Colonial period  Declaration of Independence: 1776  Constitution: 1787  Civil War: 1861-1865  Emancipation Proclamation: 1863  “Forty Acres and a Mule”  Brown v. Board of Education: 1954  Forced integration after forced segretation

4.  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