![]() ![]() Detroit at its peak was threatened by its own design. Before people trotted out the grab bag of rust belt infirmities and competition from abroad to explain Detroit’s collapse, one could see the signs of a city’s ruin. Before the decades of civic corruption and neglect, and white flight. ![]() "Once in a Great City" shows that the shadows of collapse were evident even then. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech there two months before he made it famous in the Washington march. Motown was capturing the world with its amazing artists. The auto industry was selling more cars than ever before and inventing the Mustang. It was the American auto makers’ best year the revolution in music and politics was underway. As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America’s path to music and prosperity that. Franklin and his daughter, the amazing Aretha super car salesman Lee Iacocca. Maraniss succeeds with authoritative, adrenaline-laced flair.evocative. The city’s leaders are among the most visionary in America: Grandson of the first Ford Henry Ford II Motown’s founder Berry Gordy the Reverend C.L. ![]() ![]() It’s 1963 and Detroit is on top of the world. Kennedy Book Award in 2016, "Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story" was written by David Maraniss. ![]()
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