Escape from Detriot

<p>Once known as the Paris of the Midwest and America's Black Metropolis Detroit has been in disrepair and decay for decades. In this lively yet sober anthology of forty-five articles Paul Kersey tackles the hard truth of why the once great city no longer shines as a beacon of high civilization: above all the change in its demographics from a majority-White city to a majority-Black one. </p><p></p><p><em>Escape from Detroit: The Collapse of America's Black Metropolis </em>is a biting history of how political corruption and racial strife took down one of America's most prestigious cities. Once a household name associated with American industrial might Detroit has since become a symbol of American urban dysfunction. The election of Detroit's first Black mayor in 1973 acted as an accelerant for the accumulating incompetence crime and corruption-and the concomitant exodus of Whites from the crumbling city. </p><p></p><p>Originally published in 2012 <em>Escape from Detroit </em>has since fallen out of print due to deplatforming and is now being resurrected and preserved by Antelope Hill Publishing in this newly-edited edition.</p>