Detroit Wall (Detroit, Michigan)

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Separation barrier built in 1940 that served to protect a new white development from an existing black neighborhood. Wall was rendered moot when both neighborhoods became predominantly black by 1970.

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Coordinates:   42°26'31"N   83°9'58"W
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