detroit

Mildred Peacock, an African American woman and a mother of five, finds herself fed up with both poverty and the violent rampages of her jealous husband, and decides to kick him out, and work to raise her children on her own.

Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart--but when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together.

Rosa Parks, "the lady who wouldn't give up her seat on the bus", is the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. She was also a nurturing mother to her family. Her courageous act on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. In this book her loved ones share their remembrances and reflections of Auntie Rosa to create a previously unpainted picture of the real woman behind the legend.

In the summer of 1943, the city of Detroit is thrown into a turmoil when a white heiress is murdered in the black part of town, causing a riot that brings the airplane assembly lines and tank manufacturing plants to a halt, and threatening Allied forces around the world.

Judge Greg Mathis chronicles his rise to success, discussing his life on both sides of the law, his childhood in Detroit, the threat to his mother which caused him to straighten up, his law career, and other related topics.

Mildred Peacock, mother of five, black, and fed up with poverty and the jealous rampages of her husband, kicks him out to raise her kids on her own.

Daddy Cool, a ruthlessly efficient African-American hit man, swings into action when his beloved teenage daughter Janet is lured into the stable of a pimp.

An autobiographical account of the experiences of a Chinese-American woman and her African-American husband.

A picture book biography of urban environmental artist Tyree Guyton, discussing his childhood in 1950s Detroit and the way he used art to transform his decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood into an internationally-recognized exhibit.