| You can literally go in any direction
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| | screen.
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| from Detroit's riverfront and see why
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| | Part museum, part vibrant historical
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| this is such a major center for African
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| | village, The Henry Ford is the largest
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| American culture. From the world's
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| | indoor/outdoor history attraction in
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| largest museum of African American
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| | North America. Here, visitors can enter
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| history or Hitsville U.S.A., where all
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| | the restored bus where Rosa Parks made
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| Motown stars were born, when it comes to
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| | history by refusing to give up her seat
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| African American culture and history, all
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| | to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama on
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| roads eventually lead to Detroit.
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| | Dec. 1, 1955. The act galvanized the
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| Near the riverfront, trace the turbulent
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| | American Civil Rights Movement. The bus
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| and dramatic history of the Underground
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| | is the centerpiece of the "With Liberty
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| Railroad at the Second Baptist Church,
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| | and Justice For All" exhibit, which
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| the Midwest's oldest African-American
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| | focuses on the American struggle for
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| church and major Underground Railroad in
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| | freedom. In Greenfield Village, the
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| the 19th century. More than 5,000 slaves
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| | Mattox House was the home to three
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| passed through Second Baptist on their
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| | generations of the Mattox family who
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| way to Canada. Tours of the basement,
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| | lived outside of Savannah, Georgia from
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| which served as the station, are
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| | Reconstruction through the 1930s.
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| available by appointment.
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| | Aside from the automotive industry,
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| Just eight miles east of the Windsor
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| | perhaps nothing put Detroit on the map
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| Detroit border, visitors can also explore
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| | like Motown. Revisit the glory years that
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| the John Freeman Walls Historic Site and
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| | produced such stars at Marvin Gaye,
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| Underground Railroad. The property is
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| | Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the
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| owned by descendants of John and Jane
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| | Supremes, and the Jackson Five in
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| Walls, former slaves who made the trip
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| | Detroit's cultural center. Motown's
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| from slavery in North Carolina to freedom
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| | headquarters, founded by Berry Gordy, a
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| in Canada in 1846. Tour leaders, or
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| | one-time auto line worker, has been
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| "Conductors," together with historic
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| | restored to its 1960s glory. Originally
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| buildings provide a first-hand look at
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| | converted from a photographer's studio,
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| what kind of challenges fugitive slaves
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| | the Motown headquarters and studio stayed
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| faced.
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| | open 22 hours a day and 7 days a week
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| Also in Ontario, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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| | during its peak years. Visitors are able
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| Historic Site offers visitors a look at
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| | to see the upstairs offices and the
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| what it was like to live as a former
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| | studio where vocalists and the Funk
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| slave in the 19th century. Visitors look
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| | Brothers created the Motown Sound. Rare
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| through the settlement's original
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| | photographs, gold records, and Michael
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| buildings, including the home of Reverend
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| | Jackson's sequined glove are on display.
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| Josiah Henson, who found the settlement
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| | The nation's fifth-largest art museum,
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| for escaped slaves. There's also an
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| | the Detroit Institute of Arts was one of
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| interpretive museum and galleries
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| | the first major art museums to have a
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| providing information on early
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| | permanent showcase for African art. The
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| African-American communities in Canada.
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| | DIA collection features works from more
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| The world's largest museum dedicated to
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| | than 1,000 African cultures placing it
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| African American history, the Charles H.
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| | among the most extensive collections in
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| Wright Museum features "And Still We
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| | North America. The DIA's Egyptian
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| Rise," an interactive walk-through
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| | collection features a wide range of
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| exhibit that begins on a slave ship where
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| | artifacts including linen-wrapped
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| casts of slaves lay crowded together and
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| | mummies, sculptures, and coffins. The
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| simulated sounds of the Atlantic surround
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| | museum's selection of West African art
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| you. In another section of the exhibit,
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| | includes amazing Benin royal brass
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| visitors find themselves on an early
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| | sculptures and a wood palace door carved
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| 20th-century city street in the middle of
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| | from wood by the artists Olowe of the Ise
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| the museum. Guests can walk into the
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| | culture. The museum's modern and
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| Horseshoe Bar and Grille or watch black
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| | contemporary art collection features
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| and white TV through an appliance store
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| | African American artists including
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| window. A replica of the Paradise Theatre
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| | Augusta Savage, Hughie Smith-Lee, and
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| allows visitors to check out a classic
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| | Benny Andrews.
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| black movie playing on the theater
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