gather in one area. In Detroit‚ Michigan‚ there are more African Americans than white‚ Asian‚ or Hispanic people. The percentage of African Americans is 82.7 percent; whereas the white population makes up about 11 percent. In total Asians‚ Hispanics‚ and others total about 7 percent of the population each. Before World War I‚ Detroit’s population was only about 1 percent African American. This was because most still lived in the South. The increase of the black population in Detroit began around 1910
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Detroit had been in decline since it was rocked by race riots in 1967. Since then‚ there has been a real drop-off in investment and economic development in the city. Like a lot of other cities in the American northeast and Midwest‚ it was badly affected when factories moved south or out of the country‚ but was harder hit because it was a one-industry city. Most big cities have more than one industry‚ but Detroit’s economy was completely centered on the automobile. When the Recession hit‚ Detroit
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Orange Lust The 1970 Pontiac G.T.O Judge [pic] Figure 1. The 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge in Orbit Orange paint with wild decals. Introduction to the 1970 GTO Judge An orange streak blazing down the highway at unbelievable speeds with the friendly law enforcement officers bringing up the rear paints the perfect picture for the 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge. This is exactly what happened in muscle car cult film Two lane Black Top in which Warren Oates raced the Orbit Orange (see figure1.)1970 GTO Judge
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(Case Analysis: Northwest Airlines and the Detroit Snowstorm 1. What exactly went wrong? How bad was this situation? Ans: There was a snowstorm on Saturday‚ January 2nd‚ which was very serious and caused over 10 inches of snowfall. Northwest Airlines had been too late to halt the departure of their planes from other cities to Detroit‚ on of its largest hub. They made the decision to let 30 planes land in Detroit on Sunday‚ neglecting those 14 inches of snow and the severe weather condition
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Homework Assignment #4 Read the case study Can Detroit Make the Cars Customers Want? and answer the following questions: 1. Why is AutoNation having a problem with its inventory? Why is this also a problem for auto manufacturers such as GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler? How is this problem impacting the business performance of AutoNation and of the auto manufacturers? Ans: AutoNation is having a problem with inventory because of the culture of ordering a customized vehicle for
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Assignment 2 Rhodes v. Detroit Medical Center. Beryl Rhodes was visiting a patient at the Detroit Medical Center. Rhodes tripped and fell on a cord adjacent to the bed of the patient and sustained injury. The cord ran alongside the patient’s bed and went up to the head of the bed. It was not obstructed by any object. The floor was gray and the cord was black‚ so the cord had sufficient contrast to be visible. The room was well lit‚ and evidence shows there was adequate lighting for the cord to
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Regression Analysis: Predicting for Detroit Tigers Game Managerial Economics BSNS 6130 December 13‚ 2012 By: Morgan Thomas Chad Goodrich Jake Dodson Austin Burris Brittany Lutz Abstract As there are many who invest in athletic events‚ the ability to better predict attendance to such events‚ such as the Detroit Tigers games‚ could benefit many. The benefits include being able to better stock concessions stands‚ allocate advertising budgets‚ and staff security. Therefore‚ the aim
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One of the largest facilities here in Michigan which also has a few locations within Detroit is called the YWCA. I visited the YWCA interim House of Detroit to get some incite about when the facility was discovered and developed within Detroit and the comprehensive services they provide‚ how is the organization funded‚ and what their morally objective. The YWCA Interim House of Detroit is located on 6 mile and Wyoming. This facility is a temporary emergency housing for battered
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The name of the city Detroit will now forever be ingrained in my memory. Not only have I been introduced to every song ever made that even relates to the city‚ or every Detroit related joke ever conceived‚ but was given the opportunity to meet an amazing group of individuals and put Mercy into Action. Although not new to the service trip experience‚ each one holds something new and special to discover. On this particular trip‚ it started out rolling down an alley in Detroit late in the evening the
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like In These Times. Facebook social plugin Detroit’s Comerica Park cost $300 million—65 percent of which was paid for by tax revenue. (Kevin Ward / Flickr / Creative Commons) As eulogists across the country speculate on how much money bankrupt Detroit can make by selling off everything from Diego Rivera’s famous mural of a socialist utopian auto industry to the original Howdy Doody doll‚ it appears that at least one part of the Motor City won’t end up on the auction block: its hockey arena. In
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