Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City

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Index 1980 Republican National Convention, 65 “8 Ball in Side Pocket,” 262–63 “8 Mile,” 35 Acme Wire and Iron Works, 75, 94–95, 97–98, 117, 129, 146, 174, 181, 228, 248, 260, 284 Adams, Myron, 67 Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 5 Aerocar, 76 “Africantown” minority development proposal 257, 264 Albert Kahn Associates, 36 Alvin, Mitzi, 57 Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees, 188 Ambassador Bridge, 16, 232 Amen, Alan, 178 American Axle Corporation, 130 American Car and Foundry, 48, 73 American Federation of Labor, 111 American Heritage Highway, 35 American Motors, 83, 123 American Power Boat Association, Gold Cup, 28 American Radiator, 48 Anderson, Claud, 257 “Angelus Novus” (Charara), 186–87 Ann Arbor, Michigan, 89 annexation, 51, 53 Anthony, Reverend Wendell, 264 Arbeiter Halle, 97 Archer, Dennis, 200, 207, 225 Argo (steamboat), 72 “Arsenal of Democracy,” 6, 82, 183 Ashby, Dorothy, 14 Atkins, Juan, 14 Austin, Richard, 210 “Auto Mortropolis,” 280 automobile industry: assembly line, 77–78, 87; automation, 87, 112; cyclical instability, 80–81; geographic relocation, 49–51, 87–88, 127, 278–79; history, 75–85; innovations, 77–80; labor costs vs. Germans and Japanese, 132; labor practices, 87; land-extensive technology, 50, 87–88, 128, 278–79; legacies for region, 86–88, 278–82; legacy costs for industry, 132–33; Poletown GM plant, 5, 25, 127–29, 176, 192; productivity vs. wage growth, 132; psychological effects on workers, 243–48, 279; race relations, 25, 88, 108, 119–21, 164, 279; working conditions, 191–92. See also Poletown plant; United Auto Workers Union B-24 Liberator, 12, 55, 142, 181 Babson, Steve, 78 Baker, Anita, 14 “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today),” 136 Ballard, Florence, 26, 187 Barat, Irvine, 58 Barrow, Tom, 200 Barton, Laura, 251 Basie, Count, 174 Bates, Alonzo, 259 Bates, Timothy, 89, 211 “Battle for the Blackburns,” 172 “Battle of the Overpass,” 116, 120–21, 123, 198 “Battle of the Running Bulls,” 114 Belgrave, Marcus, 14 Belle Isle Bridge, 21, 76. See also MacArthur Bridge 290 Index Burnham, Daniel, 64 Burrell, Kenny, 14 Butler, Nina, 202 Cadieux Café, 32 Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, 9, 45–47, 63, 70, 93–94, 136–37, 239 “Cadillac Charter,” 190 Cadillac Motor Company, 5, 9, 15, 25, 49, 76–77, 79, 127–29, 191, 282 Cadillac Place, 36 Cadillac Square, 40, 190 Call ’Em Out Coalition, 201 Calloway, Cab, 174 Campus Martius, 20, 22, 225 Carpenters Union, 188 Carter, Betty, 14 Carter, James, 14 Carter, Joe L., 247 Carter, Regina, 14 Cass, Lewis, 43, 138, 168 Casserly, Michael, 236 Catholepistemiad of Michigania, 93. See also University of Michigan Cavanagh, Jerome, 41, 185–86, 206 Central Business District, 56, 61–63. See also downtown Detroit “Central Industrial Project,” 128–29. See also Poletown plant Chafets, Ze’ev, 202 Chalmers Motor Car Company, 49 Chamberlain, Leon, 226 Champ, W. Marshall, 181 Chapin, Marshall, 172 Chaplin, Ralph, 109 Charara, Hayan, 187 Charity Crucifixion Tower, 39 Chevrolet (motor company), 9, 79, 114, 248 Chevrolet, Louis, 9 Chicago, Illinois, 64, 72, 74, 77, 88, 94, 105–6, 251 Chippewa tribe, 9, 169 Chrysler Corporation, 6, 9, 25, 55, 76, 83–85, 115, 121, 124–27, 130–32, 190–93, 245–46, 251; Eldon Avenue Gear and Axle Plant, 191, 246; Highland Park Plant, 190; Mack Avenue Stamping Plant, 192–93 Chrysler, Walter, 9, 13, 85, 115, 252 Belle Isle Park, 16, 27–30, 64, 74, 104, 182–84, 189, 203, 205, 284 Belleville Three, 14 Bennett, Harry, 116, 121, 193 “Big Three” automakers, 7, 9, 11, 76, 82–86, 89, 114, 116, 119, 125–27, 129–30, 132–33, 216, 247–48, 278, 281 Bioresources Inc., 227 Birmingham, Michigan, 39, 54, 63, 145, 273 “Black Bottom” neighborhood, 101–2, 140, 154, 156, 174, 184, 203, 205, 256; condemnation of, 176–77. See also Paradise Valley “Black Codes,” 171–72 Black Legion, 122, 253, 255 Blackburn, Ruth, 43, 171 Blackburn, Thornton, 43, 171–72, 176, 180 Blake, Je’Rean, 262 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 63, 273 Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 9 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, 14 “Bomber Highway,” 182 Bonaparte Heights, 149 Book Cadillac Hotel, 20 Book Tower, 228 Boston-Edison Historic District, 37 boundaries: topographical, 47–48; jurisdictional, 51–54, 258, 274, 279 Bowles, Charles, 43, 198 Boyd, Joshua, 181 Boyd, Melba Joyce, 249, 257 Boyle, Kevin, 152 Bradby, Reverend Robert, 119 Breiner, Leon, 151 Bricktown District, 20 Briggs Manufacturing Company, 49 Brightmoor Journal, 143 Brightmoor neighborhood, 58, 82 Brown, Cora, 195 Brown, Donaldson, 78 Brown...