by Kelsey Maas & Megha Bamola – City of Detroit, Historic Designation Advisory Board (HDAB)

Detroit’s Eight Mile-Wyoming neighborhood is the oldest Black neighborhood in Northwest Detroit. The neighborhood signified a starting point for many working-class Black Detroiters; one of homeownership, hopeful revitalization, and a sense of community. Numerous resources remain in the community that highlight significant moments in African American and Civil Rights history. We invite you to explore these sites with us and learn more about the people and places of Eight Mile-Wyoming! This Story Map was a part of the Eight Mile-Wyoming Intensive-Level Survey project and was supported in part by an Underrepresented Communities grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service.