Route Map

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1. 1Riverside MarinaA Black-owned marina born from being shut out of the river.
2. 2Heidelberg StreetAn outdoor art environment built from found objects.
3. 3Kercheval AvenueWhere Detroit meets Grosse Pointe at Detroit's "Berlin Wall."
4. 4East Grand Boulevard & the Packard PlantA wartime integration fight inside a Detroit auto giant.
5. 5Belle IsleDetroit's historic island park, and the site of the 1943 race riot.
6. 6Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Park & Ste. Anne'sA riverfront park's namesake, and the earliest record of a Black Detroiter.
7. 7Detroit Riverwalk, Aretha Franklin Amphitheater & Southwest GreenwayAmerica's best riverwalk, and a stage renamed for the Queen of Soul.
8. 8CorktownDetroit's oldest surviving neighborhood.
9. 9Motown Museum & Stevie Wonder's Childhood HomeHitsville U.S.A. and the block where a prodigy grew up.
10. 10Rosa Parks Boulevard, Clairmount Avenue & Gordon ParkWhere the 1967 uprising began, and Rosa Parks made her longest home.
11. 11Joy Road, Livernois & the Joe Louis GreenwayA 27-mile greenway named for a defining symbol of Detroit pride.
12. 12Rouge ParkOne of the largest municipal parks in the country, with its own civil rights history.
13. 13Outer Drive West & BrightmoorA working-class suburb-turned-neighborhood, and its ongoing revival.
14. 14North Rosedale Park, Livernois "Avenue of Fashion" & University DistrictA public-art legacy, a revived shopping corridor, and an integrated district.
15. 15John R Street & the State FairgroundsA former stage for Black music, culture, and the nation's premier Black rodeo.
16. 16Outer Drive East & Farwell ParkA six-foot concrete wall built to segregate a Detroit neighborhood.
17. 17Chandler Park, Dickerson & Coleman A. Young International AirportDetroit's east side, anchored by an airport honoring its first Black mayor.
18. 18Garland Street: The Dr. Ossian Sweet HouseA 1925 mob, a murder charge, and a landmark defense by Clarence Darrow.
19. 19East Jefferson Avenue, Indian Village & the FinishDetroit's oldest thoroughfare, an integration success story, and the finish line.