you dispensed with the mule, and headed for detroit. however, you had restrictive covenants that limited the movement of the black people to just one part of the city. these are some things that rosa parks brother understood long before she arrived. sylvester, he had already experienced a lot of these things, so he was able to talk to rosa about some of this history and background. - i don t know whether i could have been more effective as a worker for freedom in the south than i am here in detroit. really the same thing that has occurred in the south is existing here to a certain degree. we do have the same problems. -blacks in detroit were relegated to the worst parts of town, called black bottom and hastings street. but we built homes there, and institutions developed there. -it was very difficult, to say the least.
Kwanzaa, the holiday that honors African American culture, begins December 26 and ends January 1. Here are the seven principles and how to celebrate them.