Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite Stokely's call to arms, a number of major cities remained relatively quiet: New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Milwaukee, among others. In all of them, black militants were the most influential peacemakers. Watts's Ron Karenga, abrasive boss of "US," a black nationalist outfit, supported the "Committee for Operational Unity," which had cooled the ghetto the week before. The time was not right for revolution, argued Maulana (meaning teacher) Ron, urging that "differences between bloods" be forgotten. Harlem's Charles Kenyatta, a chieftain of the American Mau Mau, preached in favor of racial peace...
...ever, shocked foreigners seem to overlook conditions elsewhere. U.S. violence has never matched the Japanese rape of Nanking or the massacre of 400,000 Communists in Indonesia. Watts and Detroit were tea parties compared with assorted mass slaughters in India, Nigeria and Red China. What country has the world's highest homicide rate? El Salvador, with 30.1 deaths per 100,000 people. In comparison, the U.S. rate stands at around...
...becoming more militant in political concern. Many congregations that had tried to imitate the sobriety of their white counterparts are again beginning to emphasize zeal and fervor in both sermon and song. And Negro pastors-although still a voice of reason in the ghetto-are getting tougher. One of Detroit's most militant black power leaders now is the Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr., who calls his Central United Church of Christ "the shrine of the Black Madonna." Concurrently, Negro pastors in a number of white Protestant denominations are forming separate blocs of their own, demanding more...
...urban areas, particularly in the North, Negro churches-like their white counterparts-have been suffering from a steady erosion of influence. One problem is that college-educated Negroes, as they gain in affluence, tend to abandon fundamentalist churches. Says Detroit N.A.A.C.P. Leader Robert Tindal, describing the Negro's Christian status ladder: "When you're poor, you're Baptist; when you advance slightly, you become a Methodist; when you arrive you're an Episcopalian." By comparison with King and other outspoken Southern pastors, the majority of Northern clergy have been much more passive in the struggle...
...biggest shadow in Detroit's future is the growing popularity of foreign models. They now control 10% of U.S. sales, and in Southern California, the auto industry's most lucrative regional market, they have cornered an impressive 25%. Ford's Executive Vice President Lee lacocca says that it is a matter of price. "People say: 'Where can I buy a car for $2,000?' It's that simple...