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Generations later, a remedy to destroying Black neighborhoods is fulfilled in Michigan

  • Leslie Knox, a beneficiary of a legal settlement, moved into one of the last three houses built for victims of discrimination in Hamtramck, Michigan.
  • The lawsuit, filed in 1968, revealed that the city intentionally targeted Black neighborhoods for demolition, according to U.S. District Judge Damon Keith's ruling in 1971.
  • Hamtramck's Mayor, Amer Ghalib, stated that a "dark chapter" in the city's history is now closed and that such actions will not happen again.
  • The settlement required the city to build 200 homes for victims or their families, marking the end of a long civil rights case over housing.
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Generations later, a remedy to destroying Black neighborhoods is fulfilled in Michigan

Leslie Knox has made history as one of the newest residents of Hamtramck, Michigan. The small city nearly encircled by Detroit has finally fulfilled an court-ordered agreement to provide 200

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Get Nadine White’s Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week’s news Get our free newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of Black residents. Decades later, the retired nurse has returned to Hamtramck, settling into a new two-story ho…

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