Explore the Route

A Black-owned marina born from being shut out of the river.

An outdoor art environment built from found objects.

Where Detroit meets Grosse Pointe at Detroit's "Berlin Wall."

A wartime integration fight inside a Detroit auto giant.

Detroit's historic island park, and the site of the 1943 race riot.

A riverfront park's namesake, and the earliest record of a Black Detroiter.

America's best riverwalk, and a stage renamed for the Queen of Soul.

Detroit's oldest surviving neighborhood.

Hitsville U.S.A. and the block where a prodigy grew up.

Where the 1967 uprising began, and Rosa Parks made her longest home.

A 27-mile greenway named for a defining symbol of Detroit pride.

One of the largest municipal parks in the country, with its own civil rights history.

A working-class suburb-turned-neighborhood, and its ongoing revival.

A public-art legacy, a revived shopping corridor, and an integrated district.

A former stage for Black music, culture, and the nation's premier Black rodeo.

A six-foot concrete wall built to segregate a Detroit neighborhood.

Detroit's east side, anchored by an airport honoring its first Black mayor.

A 1925 mob, a murder charge, and a landmark defense by Clarence Darrow.

Detroit's oldest thoroughfare, an integration success story, and the finish line.