Escape from Detriot: The Collapse of America's Black Metropolis

Once known as "the Paris of the Midwest" and "America's Black Metropolis," Detroit has been in disrepair and decay for decades. In this lively yet sober anthology of forty-five articles, Paul Kersey tackles the hard truth of why the once great city no longer shines as a beacon of high civilization: above all, the change in its demographics from a majority-White city to a majority-Black one.

Escape from Detroit: The Collapse of America's Black Metropolis is a biting history of how political ...