Michigan
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Suburb
- Metro Area
- Detroit
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1930 | 3,533 | 68 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 10,092 | 23 | ||||||
| 2000 | 9,764 | 63 | ||||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Realtors
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
- Asian
- Jewish
- Other
Comments
Grosse Pointe Park is one of the five Grosse Pointes
that comprise one of the most exclusive suburban
areas in the country.
Information on the infamous “point system” used by
the five Grosse Pointes can be found in the Grosse
Pointe, MI, entry.
“In the summer of 1956 (I was 12) my family moved to
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan… I remember showing
my pass when entering the community park, secure in
the knowledge that ‘undesirables’ would be excluded.
Of course, exceptions were made for the black
nannies watching their privileged young charges.”
-posted to the web, 2006