DETROIT GUIDE

WELCOME DETROIT, MICHIGAN

    Downtown is alive with culture, and entertainment. The GM World exhibit gives

an auto-show look at many of the company's new and classic vehicles

and renovation at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center ... More

CULTURAL SITES

Charles Wright Museum of African American History, founded in 1962,

began in two houses on West Grand Blvd. Its present $38 million building

represents a marked achievement in Black Culture ... More  

RESTAURANTS and NIGHTCLUBS

Motown has its fair share of traditional and upscale Soul Food and

Creole restaurants. But the real treat is

 its nice collection of Jazz and R&B nightclubs ... More

SHOPS and GALLERIES

Given its large white collar population in the metro area, Detroit has a

robust array of bookstores, art galleries, framing shops,

clothing and accesory boutiques catering to sisters and brothers ... More

THE MOTOWN SOUND
In the 1930s, Detroit developed a healthy share of national Jazz bands. Jump Blues

bands arrived in the 1940s. Borrowing heavily from its Gospel, Blues and

Jump Blues heritage, in the 1950s you could find many a Doo Wop trio ... More

BLACK GENESIS

For hundreds of years, the area was so important to commerce between

Native American tribes that only well-known fur traders were allowed into the

territory. Then in 1701, French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ... More

PARADISE VALLEY

Bounded by Gratiot (pronounced "Gray-sha"), Vernor, Brush and Hastings Streets,

Paradise Valley--also known as “Black Bottom”--offered African American

Detroiters from the 1920’s through the 1950’s ... More

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Detroit is known for its marvelous collection of Black churches. The Nation of Islam

was founded here before moving headquarters to Chicago ... More

FAMILY ATTRACTIONS

Detroit Science Center is among the largest science centers in the country and

Detroit Zoo includes many start of the art habitats. But if you are auto fans,

the Automotive Hall of Fame has many unique treats in store ... More

GENERAL ATTRACTIONS

Renaissance Center, Greektown, and a bunch of downtown casinos hosting

nightly entertainment amplify nightlife options in the Motor city ... More

ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS

With automative industry benefactors, Detroit is blessed with two of America's

best art and history museums, Detroit Instittue of Art and Henry Ford Museum.

The underrated Detroit History Museum also has its charms ... More

PERFORMING ART VENUES

Possessing one of the largest theatre districts in America, Detroit boasts of the

Fox Theatre, Fisher Music Center, Detroit Repertory Theatre, Music Hall Center for

the Performing Arts, Majestic Theatre, Gem and Century Theatres ... More

FAMOUS MEETING OF THE GREAT ABOLITIONISTS

Frederick Douglass met John Brown here in March 1859. Brown informed Douglass

and other abolitionists attending a meeting at William Webb’s house,

that national insurrection was the only way to abolish slavery ... More

TRIVIA and FAMOUS RESIDENTS

At one time, Detroit probably had more former Tuskegee Airmen residents than

any other city. In fact the former Mayor Coleman was an Airman ... More

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