A group of boys play baseball in the street next to a parked vintage car; one is swinging a bat while others watch or field, capturing the timeless spirit of growing up in Detroit in the 1950s.

Growning Up in Detroit in the 1950s

African-American Diary, 1950s, American Diary, History / By

Growing up in a poor neighborhood in Detroit in the early fifties, our neighborhood gang was composed of Black kids as well as the kids of European immigrants and there was even the girl next door that hung out with us for a while. We did fun things like exploring empty lots, laying in the

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