detroit (mich.)

Chronicles the trial in 1925 of Dr. Ossian Sweet who moved his family into an all-white neighborhood in Detroit and was subsequently arrested and tried along with his wife and other African Americans for the murder of Leon Breiner, a former coal miner who lived near Sweet's house.

Cecile buys the slave Lesharo and treats him as an equal; but they hate their life in the new fort at Detroit and long to be free in the wild. Cecile must make a choice that will affect both their lives.

A woman and her family struggle to keep their dignity as they move from the hills of Kentucky to the chilling indifference of a big midwestern city.

Three generations of a Greek American family find themselves plagued by a mutant gene which causes bizarre side effects in the family's teenage girls.

Explores Detroit as an industrial center and a major port; describes the city's heritage, its people, and their ethnic backgrounds; and highlights places and sites of special interest to children.