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across the detroit river is the city of detroit.ext, our look at the city continues as we explore the border crossing between canada busiest in all the country. >> it isn't just a link of two cities, it's the link of two nations. canada and america are the two biggest trade partners in the world. -- bridge behind me kenexa connects $16 billion in trading here for both countries. on thisjobs rely network of transportation and international trade. it's a tremendously important part of our history. it has been since pre-civil war. during prohibition, 75% of all in this country for the 14 years of prohibition and neighbors from the south. trade in 1800s in detroit was stone city usa, the guard capital of america. we were not only transporting and raw materials. there were days in 1860's where you had 7000 railroad cars waiting to be transported that could not get across the river because the train would have to wait for fairies -- ferries. that made the conversation about either a tunnel or a bridge. it had to be done because we had sto
across the detroit river is the city of detroit.ext, our look at the city continues as we explore the border crossing between canada busiest in all the country. >> it isn't just a link of two cities, it's the link of two nations. canada and america are the two biggest trade partners in the world. -- bridge behind me kenexa connects $16 billion in trading here for both countries. on thisjobs rely network of transportation and international trade. it's a tremendously important part of our...
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trading outpost on the detroit river where detroit is now.e came out of the northern in canoesontreal with a handful of men about 100 , men. when they arrived they , immediately got to work at building a settlement. this represents a ribbon farm. a ribbon farm is an agricultural method established by the french when they settled here. imagine you have the detroit river like this. detroit on top of that. written farms stretched out on either in cash ribbon farms stretched out on each end. this allowed each family and farmer to have a little bit of land near the river, near the water. this would be used for watering your plants, and also critically important, for transport as well. detroit is a very attractive spot for the french because of the detroit river. that a very narrow river leads from lake erie to lake huron. this is important not only because of commerce, getting goods on the upper region in michigan and the rest of the great lakes, but also at a strategic permission. at this point detroit was both sides of the river. the north ameri
trading outpost on the detroit river where detroit is now.e came out of the northern in canoesontreal with a handful of men about 100 , men. when they arrived they , immediately got to work at building a settlement. this represents a ribbon farm. a ribbon farm is an agricultural method established by the french when they settled here. imagine you have the detroit river like this. detroit on top of that. written farms stretched out on either in cash ribbon farms stretched out on each end. this...
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imagine you have the detroit river like this and detroit on top of this.allowed each family to have a little bit of land near the .iver so the location was very attractive for the french because of the detroit river. it's a very narrow river and this is important not only because of commerce in the upper reaches in michigan, but also it adds a strategic position. point, -- they controlled the entire span leading up to the great lakes. and indianhe french war, new france became british. right now you are looking at a great model. this was after they turned down the four to train. there was a settlement down the river. the fort was built up on the bluff. when the americans took over, they noticed, hate, our cannons cannot fire on the river? that was eventually torn down and replaced. a majority of the residents were still french, but at this point, a couple hundred may have in in the city itself. in 1805, detroit burned down to the ground almost completely. but because it happened mid day miraculously no one was killed. start, youed a fresh .ight say territo
imagine you have the detroit river like this and detroit on top of this.allowed each family to have a little bit of land near the .iver so the location was very attractive for the french because of the detroit river. it's a very narrow river and this is important not only because of commerce in the upper reaches in michigan, but also it adds a strategic position. point, -- they controlled the entire span leading up to the great lakes. and indianhe french war, new france became british. right...
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the last recession was tough on detroit. ford motor company had kind of seen it coming and consolidated and were able to ride it out. general motors and chrysler had to declare and curtsy to survive and get a bailout from the taxpayers. that was tough on both the egos and outlook of the people in detroit, so tied to the automobile industry. of course, there has been a tremendous rebound and detroit is doing quite well. detroitres are kind of a different animal. we've dealt with these ups and downs, incredibly resilient. people who love cars really love cars. there's an ingenuity and intuition about how an automobile ought to be made, what it ought to do for you. of course, this whole new world with autonomous vehicles and they return to hybrids or electric is really exciting. it's an exciting time to be in the automobile business. there's no better place to watch and the automobile business than here in detroit. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span. follow us on twitter at c-span history for in
the last recession was tough on detroit. ford motor company had kind of seen it coming and consolidated and were able to ride it out. general motors and chrysler had to declare and curtsy to survive and get a bailout from the taxpayers. that was tough on both the egos and outlook of the people in detroit, so tied to the automobile industry. of course, there has been a tremendous rebound and detroit is doing quite well. detroitres are kind of a different animal. we've dealt with these ups and...
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race happened to detroit. competition happened to detroit. trade happened to detroit. it built the thing that destroyed itself, the car. we built the car to leave the city, so isn't that ironic? just 40the richest years ago. we were the richest city, and now we are the poorest, and now you cannot buy a cadillac in the town settled by cadillac. so what happened to detroit happened. i am more interested in what is going to happen and if i can make it better for all of our kids, and i'm interested in that. there used to be so much money here. they talk about the saturday night drives up and down woodward, and you got a new car every other year, and there were so many jobs that you could go across the streets to the other supplier i get another job until your boss to screw it. we were rocking. we had the greatest schools and graduates, so we did not take advantage of it because cars were our life and then things changed. after the oil, people did not want the cars. the cars were made poorly, right? the japanese and foreign car started catching us. factories started moving
race happened to detroit. competition happened to detroit. trade happened to detroit. it built the thing that destroyed itself, the car. we built the car to leave the city, so isn't that ironic? just 40the richest years ago. we were the richest city, and now we are the poorest, and now you cannot buy a cadillac in the town settled by cadillac. so what happened to detroit happened. i am more interested in what is going to happen and if i can make it better for all of our kids, and i'm interested...
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the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. detroit is a french name. it means the straight, which means the straight of water being the detroit river that separates the united states from canada. at that time, it was all one region of land that was inhabited by the various native american people. this is a representation of what it may have looked like around 1701 when the french settled this area. there is a long history that took place before this. human habitation began in this area almost as far back as 2000 years ago with the cultures that we sometimes referred to as mound builders that came out of the mississippi river area. they came up to this region and left us these large burial mounds. at one point, there were six of them at least in the city. now, there is only one that remains and that is on the grounds of historic fort wayne at the detroit river. tribes that were living here would have been the chippewa, the ottawa, the huron as well. these people lived a proper's life -- prosperous life for such a long time before european habitation. th
the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. detroit is a french name. it means the straight, which means the straight of water being the detroit river that separates the united states from canada. at that time, it was all one region of land that was inhabited by the various native american people. this is a representation of what it may have looked like around 1701 when the french settled this area. there is a long history that took place before this. human habitation began in...
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and detroit, metro detroit. flint is back on metro detroit but there was a $7 million payment for the bonds. do the math. except detroit, on the credit to make the bond payment, is made home. it was a gamble. they -- nobody went to prison either. when is this? this was going out in america. we can come back. we need to find a reason to be. we are not bringing them back but don't put the white blue-collar down for voting for trump because he is not stupid. he doesn't really think the jobs are coming back to america. we all know they are not coming back. what he voted for was my brother just walked in. you know what i mean? you are not going to take what is left and ship it out. everyone will come here next year because this went ratty. and might go again. where have you been? do you really care? we are just montana. we are just tampa. looking at the history of this town might know something about your future. >> the vast majority of negroes and whites are shocked and outraged. pillage, looting, murder and arson h
and detroit, metro detroit. flint is back on metro detroit but there was a $7 million payment for the bonds. do the math. except detroit, on the credit to make the bond payment, is made home. it was a gamble. they -- nobody went to prison either. when is this? this was going out in america. we can come back. we need to find a reason to be. we are not bringing them back but don't put the white blue-collar down for voting for trump because he is not stupid. he doesn't really think the jobs are...
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imagine you have the detroit river going like this and detroit on top of that. ribbon farms stretched out on either end in long, thin sections. this allowed each family and farmer to have a little bit of land near the river, near the water. this would be used for watering your plants but also critically important for transport as well. the detroit location itself is a very attractive spot for the french because of the detroit river, it's a very narrow river that leads from lake erie to lake huron. this is important because of commerce, getting goods from the upper region in michigan and the rest of the great lakes, but also a strategic position. at this point, detroit was on both sides of the river. because of this, they controlled the entire span leading up to the rest of the great lakes. important from both a strategic aspect and in terms of controlling trade. following the french and indian war, new france became british. it was all seated to the british in 1763. right now you are looking at a really great model of detroit. this is how it maybe would've looke
imagine you have the detroit river going like this and detroit on top of that. ribbon farms stretched out on either end in long, thin sections. this allowed each family and farmer to have a little bit of land near the river, near the water. this would be used for watering your plants but also critically important for transport as well. the detroit location itself is a very attractive spot for the french because of the detroit river, it's a very narrow river that leads from lake erie to lake...
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opens the detroit wins or tunnel. at just shy of a mile, it is the first underwater nation connecting tunnel in the world. today, it has been operating seamlessly since that time. it had a $50 million renovation in the 1990's. it sees almost 10,000 cars a day. the tunnel transports mainly people, 98 percent cars, 2% trucks. the central railroad tunnel transports only freight. it can be everything from iphones to baby food, to tomato soup. you name it. if it is made in america, it goes through the tunnel pending it is not a hazardous or explosive material. in 1922, the detroit river was the busiest freshwater shipping in the world, and it still is today. through our train tunnel and ambassador bridge, things are transported through the entire world. ed us a freighter map everywhere michigan products have made it around the world. short of antarctica, there is not a continent we do not touch. the bridge was completed when it is open, it is the november 15, 1929. longest extension bridge in the world. it holds that recor
opens the detroit wins or tunnel. at just shy of a mile, it is the first underwater nation connecting tunnel in the world. today, it has been operating seamlessly since that time. it had a $50 million renovation in the 1990's. it sees almost 10,000 cars a day. the tunnel transports mainly people, 98 percent cars, 2% trucks. the central railroad tunnel transports only freight. it can be everything from iphones to baby food, to tomato soup. you name it. if it is made in america, it goes through...
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detroit to canada. traveling across the abbasid or bridge is nearly 10,000 cars a day plus another 2000 semitruck's. the main transport for semi trucks leaving america and going into canada through michigan. we see everything on those trucks. from gerber baby food through kellogg's cereal made in michigan. anything and everything that has to be traded. as the two biggest international trading partners in the world you can imagine the depth and scope of what is traveling the bridge. in 1929, when the detroit windsor ambassador bridge opens and again in 1930 when the heraldedens, they are as engineering marvels. great engineering feats of the world and put detroit on the map not only architecturally but through heralded as engineering prosperity, beine to bring in the tobacco that makes our cigar manufacturing flourish at the turn-of-the-century, bringing in stovew iron to make our industry and later automotive industry flourish. when the bridge opens in 1930 we are at the height of prohibition. it quickl
detroit to canada. traveling across the abbasid or bridge is nearly 10,000 cars a day plus another 2000 semitruck's. the main transport for semi trucks leaving america and going into canada through michigan. we see everything on those trucks. from gerber baby food through kellogg's cereal made in michigan. anything and everything that has to be traded. as the two biggest international trading partners in the world you can imagine the depth and scope of what is traveling the bridge. in 1929,...
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ofcontinuing our tour detroit, next we had to greektown for a stop at detroit public library's skillman branch which was the site of the old city jail, the location of the city's first ride. --in this location is where was in jail and the uprising occurs. the blackburn's were people who had been enslaved in kentucky, they had escaped because blackburn had been sold down the to new orleans and thornton did not want to lose the woman he loved so they escaped together in 1831. when they came to detroit to get far away from kentucky, because of the 1793 slave law, going to ohio was still risky because down to hunters can come and take you even from free states and take you back down to wherever you escaped from and ohio where they had been for a little while was too close to kentucky. doubting -- bounty hunters were always in ohio. when they arrived here, thornton was a brick mason for a couple years, making a living for seamstress -- is a so both of them are making a living doing work in the fields that they already have even when they were enslaved. she is a seamstress and he was a brick
ofcontinuing our tour detroit, next we had to greektown for a stop at detroit public library's skillman branch which was the site of the old city jail, the location of the city's first ride. --in this location is where was in jail and the uprising occurs. the blackburn's were people who had been enslaved in kentucky, they had escaped because blackburn had been sold down the to new orleans and thornton did not want to lose the woman he loved so they escaped together in 1831. when they came to...
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♪ announcer: detroit was the world on wheels.hese and other names created america's number one industry. first place on the production line. the idea that everybody can ride. vision -- that is the joint. announcer: up next, we learn about the inventions and the people that helped make detroit the motor city. we are at the detroit historical museum about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city -- called "america's motor city." detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since 1915 when there were over 42 companies making cars and another 75 companies making parts. so, we had been, while other towns built cars, we built lots of cars. prior to 1900, the detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing. a lot of it, based in building carriage bodies, railroad cars, stoves, railroad cars, railroad wheels. detroit understood the manufacturing process, but also understood how to deal with steel, iron, wood, rubber. detroit had all of the talent and designers and toolmakers and the things it took to mak
♪ announcer: detroit was the world on wheels.hese and other names created america's number one industry. first place on the production line. the idea that everybody can ride. vision -- that is the joint. announcer: up next, we learn about the inventions and the people that helped make detroit the motor city. we are at the detroit historical museum about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city -- called "america's motor city." detroit has been the motor city...
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detroit, the french because of the detroit river. river, and this is important not only because of from thegetting goods upper region in michigan and the rest of the great lakes, but .lso at a strategic permission they controlled the entire span leading up to the rest of the great lakes. following the french and indian war, new france became british. right now you are looking at a .eally great model of detroit this model represents the town and the new fort built by the british. this was after they had torn down the original fort, fort pond to train. themay notice it's strange fort itself is behind the settlement. this would actually come back to bite the fort because when the americans took over, they noticed our cannons can't fire on the river. what good is a four that can't fire on attackers from the river. even though at this point in majority of residents were french. a couple of hundred within the city limits itself, but a lot out.on the farms the whole city burning down, for provided a fresh start a whole new city plan, the bo
detroit, the french because of the detroit river. river, and this is important not only because of from thegetting goods upper region in michigan and the rest of the great lakes, but .lso at a strategic permission they controlled the entire span leading up to the rest of the great lakes. following the french and indian war, new france became british. right now you are looking at a .eally great model of detroit this model represents the town and the new fort built by the british. this was after...
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detroit was becoming the automotive epicenter. before that detroit was a major manufacturing city. they were famous for ovens and even cigars and things like that. the car company turned into whenssembly line that's people started migrating up here. musicians started to migrate up here from the and the motown people started to migrate up to detroit for jobs. you would have a number of musicians that would work at ford and then play their music at night. that became their career and so forth. pepper adams was a big name. in the jazz world many of the became the funk brothers, the sound machine for jazzn came up as musicians, james jamerson and earl van dyck. they have the southern roots as well. what happens with motown in detroit is barry gordy is a boxer, a songwriter, and he boxed on a bill we joe louis. way down on the car but nonetheless. then he felt this isn't so great. eye. getting my head beat in doing this and he already wrote songs and then report sons that jackie wilson recorded and had hits with, but he discovered that he was getting pennies on the record, and his good
detroit was becoming the automotive epicenter. before that detroit was a major manufacturing city. they were famous for ovens and even cigars and things like that. the car company turned into whenssembly line that's people started migrating up here. musicians started to migrate up here from the and the motown people started to migrate up to detroit for jobs. you would have a number of musicians that would work at ford and then play their music at night. that became their career and so forth....
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you have to be innovative in detroit.t kind of artist who is always thinking outside of the box. when you think back to jazz through techno, all of those areicular genres of music happening in detroit because of people who think outside the box. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to detroit, michigan to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from detroit and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. each week american artefacts takes viewers into historic sites around the country. we visit the rise up exhibit here at the museum to learn about the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbt rights movement. >> we are here at the prologue of our newest exhibit. innewall was in an event 1969, an uprising in a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward the l
you have to be innovative in detroit.t kind of artist who is always thinking outside of the box. when you think back to jazz through techno, all of those areicular genres of music happening in detroit because of people who think outside the box. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to detroit, michigan to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from detroit and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every...
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right now, i am standing in windsor across the detroit river is the city of detroit. next, our look at the city continues to explore the border crossing between canada and the united states, the busiest in all the country. >> the city of detroit and windsor is not just -- canada and america, the biggest trade 2rtners in the world, connect billion and trade world for both countries. were a network of transportation in international trade, and important part of our history and has been pre-civil war. of allprohibition, 75% in this country for the 14 years of prohibition and neighbors from the south. trade in 1800s in detroit was guardcity usa, the capital of america. we were not only transporting and raw materials. there were days in 1860's where you had 7000 railroad cars waiting to be transported that could not get across the river because the train would have to wait for fairies -- ferries. that made the conversation about either return a lorry bridge -- a tunnel or a bridge. it had to be done because we had storehouses filling up waiting for this transportation that
right now, i am standing in windsor across the detroit river is the city of detroit. next, our look at the city continues to explore the border crossing between canada and the united states, the busiest in all the country. >> the city of detroit and windsor is not just -- canada and america, the biggest trade 2rtners in the world, connect billion and trade world for both countries. were a network of transportation in international trade, and important part of our history and has been...
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is today. >> continuing our to tour of detroit next we had to greektown 48 stop at detroit public libraries skillman branch which was the sight of the old city jail, the location of the cities first race riot. >> here at this location is where thornton and result .lackburn were in jail the uprising occurs here to freedom. iny had been enslaved louisville, kentucky. ruthascaped because blackburn had been sold down to new orleans and barton did not want to lose the woman he loved so they escaped together and came to detroit in 1831. they came to detroit to get far away from kentucky. because of the 1793 fugitive slave law, going to ohio was still risky because bounty hunters can come and take you even from free states act down to where you escape from ohio, where they were for a little while was too close to kentucky. bounty hunters were in and out of ohio bringing people back into slavery. when they arrived here, norton is a wreck mason. ,e works for a couple years making a living for himself. rutha is a seamstress. they are both making livings doing the work in the skills they already have
is today. >> continuing our to tour of detroit next we had to greektown 48 stop at detroit public libraries skillman branch which was the sight of the old city jail, the location of the cities first race riot. >> here at this location is where thornton and result .lackburn were in jail the uprising occurs here to freedom. iny had been enslaved louisville, kentucky. ruthascaped because blackburn had been sold down to new orleans and barton did not want to lose the woman he loved so...
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he migrated to detroit. along with william run -- william monroe, those were the three who formulated the vigilant committee. those are the ones that would go down to the plantation to instruct slaves who wanted to they were taken into the safe haven. have --ions did not they could house up to 15. they did have an overflow session -- overflow section. when it was safe for them to go on they would go to the barn. they would go across the river in a boat purchased called the witnessing boat. there was also a station at saint matthews episcopal. that was after reverend william monroe started saint matthews. first congregation had a side. second baptist is the only extinct side. the sanctuary we are taking in this morning was not the original sanctuary for a german reformed lutheran church. the original sanctuary is downstairs. douglasshere frederick that's the room where reverend supply chase, who was a white minister at second baptist for 10 years, he was the last conductor on the underground railroad's. was t
he migrated to detroit. along with william run -- william monroe, those were the three who formulated the vigilant committee. those are the ones that would go down to the plantation to instruct slaves who wanted to they were taken into the safe haven. have --ions did not they could house up to 15. they did have an overflow session -- overflow section. when it was safe for them to go on they would go to the barn. they would go across the river in a boat purchased called the witnessing boat....
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when they came to detroit, it was far away from kentucky.lave law,the 1793 going to ohio was still risky because bounty hunters could come and take you, even from free states, and take you back out to wherever you came from. in ohio where they had been for a little while, it was too close to kentucky, bounty hunters were always in and out of ohio bringing people back into slavery. so when they arrived here, thornton is a brick maker, working as a brick mason for a couple of years, making a is ag, and rutha seamstress. so both of them are making a living. she is a seamstress and he is a brick mason and they are living a free life right here in the city of detroit. two slave catchers come to the becausedetroit in 1833, they have ward that thornton and seen blackburn are here, by family member who is related to thornton's slave owners. so they come right here where we are to the office of the sheriff and deputy, which is also the jail, and they hired them for $50 apiece. all four of these armed men go find thornton and rutha blackburn. they bri
when they came to detroit, it was far away from kentucky.lave law,the 1793 going to ohio was still risky because bounty hunters could come and take you, even from free states, and take you back out to wherever you came from. in ohio where they had been for a little while, it was too close to kentucky, bounty hunters were always in and out of ohio bringing people back into slavery. so when they arrived here, thornton is a brick maker, working as a brick mason for a couple of years, making a is...
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detroit puts the world on wheels. in one generation, these and other names greeted america's number one industry, birthplace of the production line and the unheard-of idea everyone can rise. that's detroit. >> ♪ well you know the motor city baby ♪ >> ♪ we are about to go on seven mile where marvin gaye lives i've got impeccable timing ♪ >> c-span cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. >> in downtown detroit there is a lot of development, businesses opening up, restaurants and stores. >> 90% of detroit is outside downtown. i don't think johannesburg is a good model for development. >> with the help of our comcast cable partners, this weekend we take you to detroit. >> the city of detroit itself was founded by different -- by the french. >> in 1922, detroit river was the busiest freshwater shipping channel in the world, and still is today. >> watch our special feature on detroit on c-span2's book tv. later that day at 6 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, exploring the amer
detroit puts the world on wheels. in one generation, these and other names greeted america's number one industry, birthplace of the production line and the unheard-of idea everyone can rise. that's detroit. >> ♪ well you know the motor city baby ♪ >> ♪ we are about to go on seven mile where marvin gaye lives i've got impeccable timing ♪ >> c-span cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. >> in downtown detroit there is a lot of development,...
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projects right downtown detroit. >> was it's quick rise to fame. >> no. no. -- we started singing singin 1959, and we would, like dish think diana and i were 13 and florence was 14-1/2 and we just started doing record hops, sock hops they called them back in 1959. so from 1959 when we started, until about 1963, we were just sing around detroit because we were still in school. and we went to motown, and i think it was 19:61 signed a recording contract, and then it took us from '61 been to '64 to get a hit record so we had that early time when we just were just doing it for fun. and then when we went to motown we started getting into, saying saying maybe we should just do like everybody else, make some -- not make money but get a hit record. let's put it that way and that's what we did. >> if i online loaded baby love right now, would you get paid for that song? >> okay. >> in 2019. >> that's a whole nuther story. if you download it now because is was part of grassroots movement to have artists who recorded pre1972, we are now paid. that legislation was called
projects right downtown detroit. >> was it's quick rise to fame. >> no. no. -- we started singing singin 1959, and we would, like dish think diana and i were 13 and florence was 14-1/2 and we just started doing record hops, sock hops they called them back in 1959. so from 1959 when we started, until about 1963, we were just sing around detroit because we were still in school. and we went to motown, and i think it was 19:61 signed a recording contract, and then it took us from '61...
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border of detroit. we are heading to the northwest part of the city. wall are at the eight mile . it goes by a number of names. this wall was built in 1940 by a white housing developer who was building homes. this wall separates two streets. government in 1934 passed the first national housing act, which was going to help working-class people get home mortgages. it was part of roosevelt's new deal. it is the first national housing act. it is going to create the federal housing administrat ion. it is going to help streamline loans and make them more accessible for people to get a home loan. there are some issues. one of the issues is to get one of the home loans, the federal housing administration states the neighborhood has to be racially homogeneous. that means the people have to be from the same racial and ethnic group. they do not believe the neighborhood is stable if it is integrated. they will not give loans if the neighborhood is integrated. there is a problem. to help create in detroit neighborho
border of detroit. we are heading to the northwest part of the city. wall are at the eight mile . it goes by a number of names. this wall was built in 1940 by a white housing developer who was building homes. this wall separates two streets. government in 1934 passed the first national housing act, which was going to help working-class people get home mortgages. it was part of roosevelt's new deal. it is the first national housing act. it is going to create the federal housing administrat ion....
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race happened to detroit. competition happened to detroit. trade happened to detroit.
race happened to detroit. competition happened to detroit. trade happened to detroit.
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she just wrapped up her event here in detroit. this is the beginning of her two-day swing through the midwest. she is here in michigan today and tomorrow then to indiana and two states that trump of course won back in 2016. this is a new theme that elizabeth warren is unveiling. she is calling it economic patriotism and the first plan in that series of plans as she said she will roll out came just this morning. it has to do with climate change. she gave us basically a sense of how she would implement as president the green new deal, this is of course a proposal very popular among progressives an actives on the left. it is a $2 trillion, as you said, price tag on ways to promote green technology and manufacturing and jobs and given that this price tag is so large, she told the audience here today in detroit that she has a plan to pay for it. here is what she said. >> i always have a plan. got it all paid for. basically by cutting the subsidies for the oil and gas industry. [ cheering and applause ] >> and by making sure that every
she just wrapped up her event here in detroit. this is the beginning of her two-day swing through the midwest. she is here in michigan today and tomorrow then to indiana and two states that trump of course won back in 2016. this is a new theme that elizabeth warren is unveiling. she is calling it economic patriotism and the first plan in that series of plans as she said she will roll out came just this morning. it has to do with climate change. she gave us basically a sense of how she would...
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vision with know how, that is detroit. >> the city of detroit was founded by the french in 1701. >>
vision with know how, that is detroit. >> the city of detroit was founded by the french in 1701. >>
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field,n outside of ford home of the detroit lions, located in the heart of downtown detroit. host:
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[applause] jamon jordan: it looked like detroit was on the right path. no violence, no real destruction of property, a connection between the political leadership in the city of detroit and even the state of michigan with the labor movement and civil rights, it looks like detroit is a model city. it is handling civil rights and race issues on in a better fashion than many of the large cities. all of that is really holding another issue that is going on. that is a deep issue of housing segregation, school inequality, police brutality, and a growing job discrimination in many of the factories that are in the city of detroit. those issues, which are deep-seated and not going away, they will look better after the march, but they are still there. they will erupt in 19 67. in 19 67, clashes with police because the deadliest uprising in the city's history. they began july 23 after no overnight police raid. violence and property destruction lasted for five days until mission governor -- michigan governor romney called the national guard and federal troops were o
[applause] jamon jordan: it looked like detroit was on the right path. no violence, no real destruction of property, a connection between the political leadership in the city of detroit and even the state of michigan with the labor movement and civil rights, it looks like detroit is a model city. it is handling civil rights and race issues on in a better fashion than many of the large cities. all of that is really holding another issue that is going on. that is a deep issue of housing...
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he eventually moved to detroit where he became an auto worker. active in his workers union, he was passionate about the political issues facing workers and african-americans. his experiences and increasing interest in far left philosophies inspired him to pen the american revolution, pages from a negro worker's notebook, his most well-known work. mr. boggs married grace lee in 1953. their influence as a couple and individually had tremendous impact on the organizing community, drawing influence from global history, observations of the everyday struggles of people. together the boggs' grassroots efforts to uplift voices of community members resulted in their founding of a summer leadership program. that legacy and that program lives on and the james and grace lee boggs school in detroit. i am proud to acknowledge and uplift mr. boggs and many of his achievements as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birthday. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady exas seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to
he eventually moved to detroit where he became an auto worker. active in his workers union, he was passionate about the political issues facing workers and african-americans. his experiences and increasing interest in far left philosophies inspired him to pen the american revolution, pages from a negro worker's notebook, his most well-known work. mr. boggs married grace lee in 1953. their influence as a couple and individually had tremendous impact on the organizing community, drawing influence...
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this shows us the history from detroit from basically before the city was settled up through
this shows us the history from detroit from basically before the city was settled up through
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that is detroit. city you know the motor nothing in the world we can't do ♪ i got impeccable timing. the c-span cities tour is on the road exploring the american story. >> there is a lot of development going on. businesses opening up oma restaurants and stores. >> 90% of detroit is outside of downtown. i don't think johannesburg is a good model for development. announcer: with the help of our comcast cable partners, this weekend we take you to detroit. >> the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. >> the detroit river was the busiest freshwater shipping channel in the world, and it still is today. announcer: watch our special feature on detroit today at noon 's bookson c-span2 tv, and on c-span3 the c-span cities tour, exploring the american story. announcer: this weekend on book tv, sunday at 645:00 eastern, we visit the home of jean schaefer and robert brooke kaiser to hear how they maintain their relationship despite opposite political figure opposite political views. -- opposite
that is detroit. city you know the motor nothing in the world we can't do ♪ i got impeccable timing. the c-span cities tour is on the road exploring the american story. >> there is a lot of development going on. businesses opening up oma restaurants and stores. >> 90% of detroit is outside of downtown. i don't think johannesburg is a good model for development. announcer: with the help of our comcast cable partners, this weekend we take you to detroit. >> the city of detroit...
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the officers of the detroit police force take more monson to the station and begin to question her. coarseness like she was my girlfriend and she was not girlfriend she's more like the little sister in a bunch and. we live in there i never live there in the one me i'm there. just stuff like. questioning was core from a witness to suspect. part of the interview process is you're supposed to use what recalls the behavioral analysis interview. and in that if you use these techniques it's like you know you're watching a person's body language or you're watching the way that they say something or the way that the answer your questions there's also a series of 17 questions that each is that you can ask the person and you know based is that based on your answers on their answers and based on your observations you will be able to tell whether or not they're being deceptive or not they're guilty with over 80 percent accuracy. of every judgment i'm very it's like being a human lie detector test and the problem with that is really read itself the read people at mit that is based on any science
the officers of the detroit police force take more monson to the station and begin to question her. coarseness like she was my girlfriend and she was not girlfriend she's more like the little sister in a bunch and. we live in there i never live there in the one me i'm there. just stuff like. questioning was core from a witness to suspect. part of the interview process is you're supposed to use what recalls the behavioral analysis interview. and in that if you use these techniques it's like you...
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they were delivered by contract pilots at the airport in detroit michigan.- - set down the tuskegee airmen said what do we do with them? i said i use to fly. maybe i can dust off my license and get qualified as a commercial pilot for go which i did. i got my rating and then i started to fly the gliders. 's what i did was take up neighborhood kids to fly them on the weekends to re- indoctrinate them into aviation hoping this would inspire them to get into that field of aviation and that other fields of aviation. so that's what i did with myself at the time and then trying to help kids aspire higher. for other goals in life. >> at age 81 he started that. [applause] >> i started with the uso the unified flying octogenarians. [laughter] i did that and i flew those kids until i was 88 years old and then i thought it is time for me to pack it in i felt i shouldn't go any further than that. so that's what i did but there's one that like to tell you about for go there it was more of pleasure of mine to take the kids up than their pleasure. i remember i would take as
they were delivered by contract pilots at the airport in detroit michigan.- - set down the tuskegee airmen said what do we do with them? i said i use to fly. maybe i can dust off my license and get qualified as a commercial pilot for go which i did. i got my rating and then i started to fly the gliders. 's what i did was take up neighborhood kids to fly them on the weekends to re- indoctrinate them into aviation hoping this would inspire them to get into that field of aviation and that other...
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tour staffes recently traveled to detroit to learn about his district. to watch more, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. is american history tv. covering history c-span style with lectures, interviews and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. 48 hours all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> this year marks the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion of nazi-occupied france. released in december 1944, "beachhead to berlin" was filmed by the coast guard primarily and produced by warner bros. the 20 minute color film documents the preparations and the assault on the normandy beaches using the fictional story of a chaplain writing home several weeks after the invasion. ♪
tour staffes recently traveled to detroit to learn about his district. to watch more, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. is american history tv. covering history c-span style with lectures, interviews and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. 48 hours all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> this year marks the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion of nazi-occupied france. released in december 1944,...
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. >>> after years of decay, detroit is a city moving toward recovery.places, including a small business devoted to changing the lives of some women who live there and need help the most. here's nbc'sra haehema ellis. >> in detroit these walls crumblingbut they hold potential. how some areinding their way out of the cycle of poverty. they're sifting through searching for bits of color, remnants of graffiti unique tohis city. for amy peterson it's a way to build something butiful and lasting. >> it's really a journey hat was inspired originally by the women that i would meet who were living in the shelter. >> the s formerports attorney polished her idea turning graffiti chips into jewelry and started anonprofit called rebel now. >> i noticed underneath were ath e layers and how could we expose those layers and what would it look like? >> the goal? create something unique and empower women to overcome barriers while teaching them about money management and work skills. so far women have been through the program. >> the women that i've been able to be aroun
. >>> after years of decay, detroit is a city moving toward recovery.places, including a small business devoted to changing the lives of some women who live there and need help the most. here's nbc'sra haehema ellis. >> in detroit these walls crumblingbut they hold potential. how some areinding their way out of the cycle of poverty. they're sifting through searching for bits of color, remnants of graffiti unique tohis city. for amy peterson it's a way to build something butiful...
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. >> detroit is known as the gateway to freedom. there is a statue commemorating that and on the opposite side, in windsor there is one facing our statue pointing back on this side. gateway to freedom means that this was the passageway or the route to get to canada to freedom. was aderground railroad loose mechanism for the freedom seekers to escape to freedom. so, throughout the north especially, their work safe havens. the idea was to get across the ohio river from the slave states to the free states and so there
. >> detroit is known as the gateway to freedom. there is a statue commemorating that and on the opposite side, in windsor there is one facing our statue pointing back on this side. gateway to freedom means that this was the passageway or the route to get to canada to freedom. was aderground railroad loose mechanism for the freedom seekers to escape to freedom. so, throughout the north especially, their work safe havens. the idea was to get across the ohio river from the slave states to...
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. >>> breaking news from detroit. three women are found dead in abandoned homes. >>> imagine sleeps in the cosmos. space tour immediate could be here as early as next year. but how much would it cost for a view like this? stay with us. is doing the this that i want to do, not the things i have to do. unlike seattle, less than half of americans participate in their employer retirement plans. so what keeps people more engaged in their retirement? i want to have the ability to easily transact online, great selection of funds, great advice, everything in one place. helping people in their working years and beyond. that's financial wellness. talk to your employer or start a plan at prudential. and with new features and richer stories... ...it can show dad where he's from... and strengthen the bonds you share. it's only $59 at ancestry.com. give it to dad for father's day. if you have moderate to little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis diffe
. >>> breaking news from detroit. three women are found dead in abandoned homes. >>> imagine sleeps in the cosmos. space tour immediate could be here as early as next year. but how much would it cost for a view like this? stay with us. is doing the this that i want to do, not the things i have to do. unlike seattle, less than half of americans participate in their employer retirement plans. so what keeps people more engaged in their retirement? i want to have the ability to...
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visit to recent detroit, michigan.re watching c-span history weekend,eekend, every on c-span tv. >> welcome to the detroit historical museum. we are here at the frontiers
visit to recent detroit, michigan.re watching c-span history weekend,eekend, every on c-span tv. >> welcome to the detroit historical museum. we are here at the frontiers
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ofcontinuing our tour detroit, next we had to greektown for a stop at detroit public library's skillman branch which was the site of the old city jail, the location of the city's first ride. --in this location is where was in jail and the uprising occurs.
ofcontinuing our tour detroit, next we had to greektown for a stop at detroit public library's skillman branch which was the site of the old city jail, the location of the city's first ride. --in this location is where was in jail and the uprising occurs.
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it's bring in bloomberg's auto reporter from detroit.d ofhad a track doing these types of fines on other companies. even predating the current trade war. what evidence do we have that the current fine is directly related to what has been going on with the u.s. and china? >> as one of the analysts told us, there are no quinn is in china. you are right. finedars ago, they general motors for antitrust violations. they are investigating fedex. they have put other companies like google on their watchlist. clearly, there is pressure being applied to brand name american companies ever since president trump put a ban on business with huawei, the tech giant out of china. scarlet: we have seen is playing out before -- caroline: we've seen this playing out before earlier. they put a ban on a different carmaker. this is something they are not afraid to use. >> they are unafraid to use it. gm is very big in china. they are the two leading foreign automakers. ford not so much. they have struggled in china lately. they are a smaller company, they have
it's bring in bloomberg's auto reporter from detroit.d ofhad a track doing these types of fines on other companies. even predating the current trade war. what evidence do we have that the current fine is directly related to what has been going on with the u.s. and china? >> as one of the analysts told us, there are no quinn is in china. you are right. finedars ago, they general motors for antitrust violations. they are investigating fedex. they have put other companies like google on...
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i'm going to ask him to be his fixer when he comes to detroit.nutes was open to q and a and my friend was like what are you going to do now. i said, watch this. i said, hey, you coming to detroit. he said no. i said do you need a fixer. he ignored me. long story short, i came back home and i got a call and we did it. >> no better pen to show the town of detroit than you. what is your thing. >> ethnic cultures, we focus on food. it's the center of the household. >> you ended up cooking for a lot of your friends. >> well, you know, i guess i realized -- how i started cooking, i cooked for myself and my friends would come of and we'd all just eat. i grew up -- i had both parents. you know. i didn't have a silver spoon, but i had a spoon when people around me didn't have that. >> so you were providing community for them in a way. >> yeah, yeah. >> why was it so important for you when you did want to open a restaurant to do it in your nabd in detroit there? >> i cook where i'm the most comfortable first. if i'm going to build a community, i'm going to
i'm going to ask him to be his fixer when he comes to detroit.nutes was open to q and a and my friend was like what are you going to do now. i said, watch this. i said, hey, you coming to detroit. he said no. i said do you need a fixer. he ignored me. long story short, i came back home and i got a call and we did it. >> no better pen to show the town of detroit than you. what is your thing. >> ethnic cultures, we focus on food. it's the center of the household. >> you ended up...
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visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ announcer: detroit was the world on wheels.se and other names created america's number one industry. first place on the production line. the idea that everybody can ride. vision -- that is the joint. announcer: up next, we learn about the inventions and the people that helped make detroit the motor city. we are at the detroit historical museum about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city -- called "america's motor city." detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since 1915 when there were over 42 companies making cars and an
visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ announcer: detroit was the world on wheels.se and other names created america's number one industry. first place on the production line. the idea that everybody can ride. vision -- that is the joint. announcer: up next, we learn about the inventions and the people that helped make detroit the motor city. we are at the detroit historical museum about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city -- called "america's motor city." detroit has been...