Detroit’s mile-long I-375 freeway, built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, reportedly forced the displacement of more than 100,000 area residents.
A predominately Black residential neighborhood was displaced by Detroit’s mile-long I-375 freeway during its construction in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and federal officials are now planning to spend nearly $105 million to reverse the damage.
According to today!
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