Detroit

Detroit is Michigan’s largest city, on the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. Its growth and identity have been closely tied to automobile manufacturing, music, and its role as a major Great Lakes port.

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac: A French military officer and colonist who founded Detroit in 1701. He established the French settlement that became Detroit.
Fordism: A system of mass production associated with assembly lines, standardized goods, and comparatively high wages. Detroit became the most prominent center of this industrial model.
Henry Ford: An American industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company and pioneered mass production of automobiles. His factories made Detroit a global center of automobile manufacturing.
Great Migration: The movement of millions of Black Americans from the rural South to other parts of the United States, especially from 1910 to 1970. It transformed Detroit’s population and helped build its Black communities.
Motown: A record label and music style associated with Black popular music from Detroit beginning in the late 1950s. Motown turned the city into a major center of popular music.
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit: A French fort founded in 1701 at the site of present-day Detroit. The fort was the settlement’s earliest durable foothold.
Moving assembly line: A manufacturing system in which a product moves between stationary workers performing specialized tasks. Ford’s Highland Park plant used it to increase automobile output.
Walter Chrysler: An American automotive executive who founded Chrysler Corporation in 1925. His company joined Ford and General Motors in Detroit’s Big Three.
Detroit race riot of 1943: A deadly outbreak of racial violence in Detroit in June 1943. Wartime industry and racial tensions contributed to this defining episode.
Detroit techno: An electronic dance music style that emerged in Detroit during the 1980s. Local musicians developed a globally influential sound using electronic instruments.

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