A Segregation Wall Has Stood In Detroit For 80 Years. Residents Don't Want it Taken Down.

In 1941, a developer in Detroit built the Birwood Wall, a barrier meant to separate Black residents from white residents. Eighty years later, it’s now believed to be one of the last physical relics of segregation in the North, and it is leaving behind a legacy much larger than its original intent.
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#Detroit #Segregation #Michigan

[@51WCDodge]

A lady like this is the cornerstone of any community anywhere. The memory of it, the peacemaker, the person you can go to. They are an essential part of why a community works.

[@Bea_B]

@Karl Childers WTF are you talking about. You can strive for changes while preserving the history! None of the monument should be taken down, confederate flag, this wall, none of it! This is America and people need you understand what America is throughout its generations.

[@mlw237]

@Karl Childers what you on about now?

[@mlw237]

@Karl Childers lol, yeah. I'm the one who doesn't get it hahaaaa. Yes sir, Mr. Projection. 🤣🤣🤣

[@mlw237]

@Karl Childers oh, and yes. You are quite ignorant. Silly, even.

[@WoodysAR]

@@Bea_B I am so glad to hear someone point out the hypocrisy of being supportive of 'remembering' one thing but not another, as if a woven Tapestry could remain intact with a bunch of its long threads pulled out!

[@astheworldturns1096]

Beautiful 🌹

[@e.v6134]

Shes awesome and speaks truth. I agree w her

[@bhall4996]

Any community would be lucky to have her. She's a true asset to life among people

[@natashaiyamu734]

She is 8 Mile. I love her dedication and care for her community.

[@lorettawalker6066]

The reason why you don’t know about it is because they stopped teaching it in school. I guess ashamed of the history. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@peteallyn412]

You’ll be surprised at the things you notice if you just look around.

[@BlackNightJack]

In 2045 White folks will be the minority. That's when America dies.

[@bluelee6700]

@@BlackNightJack BLACK PEOPLES IS. THE. LARGE. RACE. ALL. OVER. THE. WORLD 🌎🤣😂👍🏽

[@BlackNightJack]

@@bluelee6700 Go back to history class, you DOPE.

[@quotidian5077]

America is made up of immigrants who all had a part in making America what it is today. America won't die if white folks become the minority. America will die because we become so divided that we won't be able to bounce back from it.

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

@@BlackNightJack I don't know why you'd tell him to go back to history class when blk people are one of the largest groups on Earth, if not the largest. The San people of southern Africa, who have lived as hunter-gatherers for thousands of years, are likely to be the oldest population of humans on Earth. That's a history lesson for you, lol.

[@MrSwaggonten]

This is the kind of stuff they don't want taught in schools across America.

[@antoniocruz7792]

do you know what is going on in NY ??

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@antoniocruz7792 Yeah they are still paying more in taxes ,than they receive in federal funding.

[@randal_gibbons]

I'm 57 and stories like this tell me I have so much more to learn. And the sooner we learn, the better.

[@freshencounter]

Exactly!! The last thing they want is to know is that we were once United and why and how we are where we are now. It’s shocking more and more white people everyday.

[@bradcanning875]

I was just about to say exactly the same thing until I scrolled down and saw your comment. I am a white Canadian living 3 miles from the border. I find the opposition to telling the truth about history is a dangerous thing. Especially when the fear-mongers wrap it in teaching people to hate themselves, America is really struggling right now. As Canada is effected by America I hope the majority are able to prevail.

[@marcelopepinho]

Why don't we have more educational news like this?

[@mrs.cherry550]

@You Tube hates freedom of speech Facts💯

[@mrs.cherry550]

@You Tube hates freedom of speech That is so true also and that’s why the black community has a high rate of single parent household which is 70% with the government’s help (welfare) and it might just be higher than that now

[@akapczyn]

Information suppression and general ignorance.

[@WeezyJeffersonYo]

@@mrs.cherry550 so you've just stolen some black woman's photo and you're using it as your avatar? Why?

[@WeezyJeffersonYo]

Because the USA wants to erase atrocious history of this country. There are plenty of educational news programs like this but you have to seek them out because they're not mainstream

[@Ay-B]

There was segregation everywhere - not just the south. How do people not know that?

[@papovka]

they don't teach it in school, they put a narrative instead that most people were anti-racist & that only the south is bigoted

[@R.R.Z.]

@Ay b Many people in Joliet and other places in Illinois don't acknowledge that fact

[@Ay-B]

@@tommyrobinsin5578 So that wall appeared out of nowhere? Lol! Sometimes it is by choice, and that's fine. When it's forced contrary to the Constitution, that is unlawful.

[@roblee4480]

Of course there was 70 years ago

[@opalessence4818]

@@tommyrobinsin5578 What are you referring to when you say “one’s own kind?” Race is an artificial construct. We are one human race.

[@Hakulanni]

This is History, living History. This Lady is absolutely right to want to stay. There are Witnesses in that Wall.

[@katlopez6124]

They took a lot of statues down here in philadelphia during the blm protesting and riots. Some here feel the same it's part of history they should have stayed.

[@allicebrown6093]

I feel her , at 61..yes let the history be told, all across the National. Stay Blessed America

[@ayayron7776]

TAKE THE WALL DOWN!! History is racist.

[@mannynavarrette5715]

@Louloo gffg

[@banks5162]

@@katlopez6124 It's part of honoring slavery and racism. It should have been taken down. There's a difference, and most people are not stupid enough to not know the difference!

[@kerrylwash]

I'm happy she has gotten to live in her community for 62 years. We all can be that fortunate. I have lived in four different states, always following work, never by choice.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

I'm sure you had a choice even if you didn't feel like you had a choice

[@mlgcpe1918]

I overstand.

[@amy675fly]

I feel this way too...

[@killiun55]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt dunning kruger effect much? You know nothing about this person. Peace and Blessings.

[@genxnomad1978]

I believe she misspoke/miscalculated somewhere. 🤔 She said they have been there since 1979. I was born in late 1978, and definitely not 62.🤷🏾

[@shanetowne6530]

I liked her advice about taking care of your space. Making the neighborhood nice and her home to shows she cares about the community.

[@user-tw6bj4xx1l]

I really did too because that's something that I teach my kids just because we live in the ghetto area of our neighborhood does not mean that we contribute to making a ghetto I make my kids pick up trash all over it regardless if he's there they're not... Good example to respect ur hood. Kids need that.

[@carolinerogers1012]

People have lost that pride...my mother said when they were little living in Harlem, the ladies of the building would take turns Cleaning and sweeping the stoop and front area. When did we loose it???

[@sandraandrews7342]

I always tell people, it's not where you live it's how you live. People should take pride in the communities. Don't always wait for the city. Sweep , cut and pick up people. Take pride.

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

@@carolinerogers1012 People work too long of hours at outside jobs to be coming home and taking care of neighborhoods…they can only take care of their personal space

[@latonyaanderson1405]

@Caroline Rodgers When we stopped caring about each other. We stopped realizing that we need each other to survive.

[@lani4043]

Ms Teresa is a walking history book. I would love to hear her life stories.

[@charleslowe1106]

This wall is not old. Don’t let that go over your head.

[@NolaDarling333]

Period only 51 years old

[@charris1ful]

Right! When people say that I say that wasn't that long ago!

[@kayla7562]

@@NolaDarling333 it was 80 years ago, 1941 is the year they built it. But yeah still crazy because it’s not long ago!

[@TRUEROOTS2022]

My grandmother is 11 years older than this wall.

[@bricebarker3487]

Is that bad? How old is old enough?

[@johnnguyen6159]

There is another massive wall in Detroit called 8 mile. There is constant tension between the suburbs and the city. For example there are no Kroger, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, actual malls, there is 1 multiplex movie theater on 8 mile, but no regional or national movie chains like Emagine or AMC in the city, but those exist in the suburbs.

[@danielles.3574]

Now c'mon and tell the whole truth....I grew up on Birwood right down the street from this wall. This wall is not nearly as obvious as the contrast between the city of Detroit vs the suburbs. The most clear racism IS that there are none of these businesses in Detroit til this day. The ONLY store in the city for less than 10 years now I believe, is Meijer, 2 locations that's it(which came as a result of Michelle Obama calling out the food deserts in the inner-city communities). It's very apparent ain't much changed. Thank you for pointing this out...I had this conversation with other residents of Detroit earlier this year. There has always been a requirement for most residents in Detroit to take their hard earned money right out of the city to the suburbs all around it for most daily necessities. This is the REAL reason there is a difference in what you see in the city vs the suburbs. #JUSTICE

[@WayBackWhen777]

I wonder why??? 🤷

[@johnnguyen6159]

@Lady Liberty It has been changing in the past decade, stores such as Whole Foods, Nike, Under Armour, H&M, etc have been opening stores in the city. In 2020 Detroit was lucky enough to not have stores damaged and looted unlike Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. Even recently Target stores in San Francisco had to close early due to theft.

[@Mykidsaresmarterthanyours]

Don't be ignorant.... You know why those businesses are not in that area.

[@savory9082]

GROSSE POINTE IS ANOTHER.

[@curanderoverde]

Instead of tearing down the wall Detroit needs better roads & education

[@JohnDoe_88]

Some point well weed out the greed and start taking much better care of people across the board

[@kepop98]

✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅

[@darkgoddesstantra9999]

That's the entire state of Michigan. There are lots of non melanated communities in Michigan that need better education.😒😒😒

[@kepop98]

@@darkgoddesstantra9999 the entire state of Michigan students are 3 classes behind.

[@darkgoddesstantra9999]

@@kepop98 Which classes?

[@thetruenova2172]

I was born and raised in Detroit. I never knew this existed.

[@RushitTahiri]

Same 🤯

[@YTT718]

Same

[@mzlady1128]

I lived on Monica and 8 mile for 10 years and never heard or knew of its existence.

[@suzycarmichael933]

Me too. I had no clue

[@JohnDoe_88]

Same. It's been up 80 years let it be exposed although walls of separation are meant to be broken. I'd rather get rid of the Mexican wall and learn to appreciate each other without borders than have a history of a hateful wall for Mexicans to teach younger generations. If only we were so occupied in taking care of everyone in present and future with unconditional love that we didn't have time to remember the hate of the past. War and oppression will always be part of the past but try not to let it occupy your mind when the future has potential to be indefinitely bright

[@sophiawilson3723]

Taking down the wall will not erase our history. Matter-of-fact, it should be renamed "The Burwood Segregation Wall." Leave it right there, Please. Thank you.

[@joeywho534]

Does the same apply to statues?

[@opalessence4818]

@@joeywho534 Does the wall glorify racial segregation the way confederate monuments glorify the desires to secede and to keep people enslaved? Or is it rather a reminder of progress made against racist policies?

[@joeywho534]

Good to know that this wall is the reason Detroit sucks. Take it down so it fixes everything.

[@joeywho534]

@@opalessence4818 that’s what this story is saying. That is precisely what it’s saying. 🤣 Hypocrites. Take it down like everything else.

[@joeywho534]

@@opalessence4818 you’re either leaving up monuments to victimhood or taking them down.

[@Ms-er1bq]

Born and raised in Detroit on the West Side. Didn't know about this at all. Parts of Detroit need attention. The love and commitment of people like this is what's needed to turn everything around. Sista, I see you!

[@liastorm795]

Same, I was born in raised on the West Side also💪🏼 I feel like if we can really build Detroit back up, bring jobs, and get the crime out, if we work as a community to truly care to make a difference🙏🏼

[@winstonmarajh991]

@@liastorm795 care to say where y'all will start from ?

[@mr2hard2see]

@@liastorm795 so have you had a chance to see the wall in person yet?

[@viec726]

Same!

[@bumblebeebumblebeebumblebe7747]

I grew up in Southwest Detroit and the west side went to Codyhigh School still have family in Detroit Jackie

[@verlinden80]

I'm glad she won't leave and I hope she never leaves. Every neighborhood in Detroit needs a woman like Ms Teresa Moon watching over it and keeping safe. God Bless her. The wall looks beautiful now despite it's history. #luvmycity

[@nikkirockznikkirockz8551]

They need meN (real ones) as well!!!!

[@greyrabbitcottontail1479]

She may as well stay in Detroit forever yes.

[@verlinden80]

@@nikkirockznikkirockz8551 agree

[@marywilson6354]

Been in Detroit all my life and never knew or heard this before smh .

[@gouloune1]

I bet you did not know about slavery and Jim Crow a d the KKK etc. either!

[@lawrencemckissick9680]

This beautiful lady has a beautiful soul we need more people like her who care about community and people that make communities work.

[@StealthTheUnknown]

The younger people who have a spirit like hers, they get so much resistance and hatred because people have just accepted the status quo ways of thinking without actually THINKING about it. This woman and the people like her will often be labeled one label or another, like “alt-right” or whatever. Particularly if they’re not foaming at the mouth to tear down a reminder of our history. But we have more people like her in this generation than you know, those who see things from unique and possibly helpful perspectives. And the more society shuns them, the more they will find each other and grow

[@harrietjohnson1930]

We ALL can follow her lead wherever we are. Let’s do what is ours to do in our neighborhood or a neighborhood in need.

[@Braider_on_the_run]

“”It was to keep people like you away from people like me”. 2:07 man that’s deep.

[@mscardioqueen]

"A hazardous area." Makes it sound like a chemical wasteland. Geesssh!

[@liastorm795]

Exactly 🤦🏽‍♀

[@the-based-jew6872]

It is a chemical wasteland now lol

[@ygflexb1237]

It deff is a hazardous area tho lol

[@edwardstarling1835]

New jersey is a chemical wasteland. Dubbed dirty jersey or the arm pit of america, has more superfund sites than any other state. Probably how i got colon cancer in my mid 30s

[@gouloune1]

This is how they REALLY feel about you. Stop acting BRAND NEW. Such display of repulsion did not stop the Sydney Poitiers from "Going to dinner".

[@ChristopherInTexas]

I love this lady. She's a pillar of her community. God bless her.

[@DreaDrea-bg2mu]

We are still being Redlined this year. I called a plumbers, pizzia delivery places, and electricians this year. Once I told them that I lived in Detroit they couldn't help me because I lived in Detroit which is only 10-20 minute's away from me.

[@liastorm795]

Exactly!!! I remember a few years back I tried to order pizza and mind you I live in the Detroit-Dearborn area, so anyways I ordered pizza from a place that was less than 10 minutes away but since they were in "Dearborn" they couldn't deliver🤨🙄 From that day I KNEW people were still prejudice about certain neighborhoods in Detroit😑

[@markcortez5685]

@@liastorm795 no that ain't it they probably lost delivery guy in that area from robbery .

[@onenationunderground2360]

Yeah I worked for a pizza place that wouldn't deliver to certain areas either because our driver got robbed, nobody tipped and a few people just took the pizza and shut the door without paying.

[@edwinacaparelli9911]

Interesting perspective on the wall. My first thought was that it should go but upon listening to her perspective, it's interesting to think about it from a different point of view as a reminder.

[@latonyaanderson1405]

Love this comment, because I thought the same. I’m sure shes happy for us putting the shoe on the other foot. This is how we pay in forward in the world, by seeing another perspective. We don’t have to agree with it, just SEE it. Stay positive Edwina.

[@northernprepper6981]

History, especially that that shows our worst as a people, needs to be left alone. Without that knowledge of the bad, we are doomed to repeat it. We have to learn the bad so that we can continue to improve ourselves and our country together.

[@DD-qr7ft]

Yes

[@ErroneousMonk1]

Confederate statues, anyone?

[@annejackson9123]

@@ErroneousMonk1 no because those were only put up to terrorize and control black people. Not the same thing. Those statues are linked to racism and racially motivated murder. A lot of them started popping up in the 20th century as response to black people's progress in society. Segregation affected both races for the most part. Segregation was not meant to be a deadly thing to black people but it did contribute to inequality at times. It's completely different.

[@bricebarker3487]

@@annejackson9123 the wall represents the same thing. If they were put there to keep black people down just like this wall means it should stay under your own definition. History will not be destroyed period.

[@ErroneousMonk1]

@@annejackson9123 So, Democrats put up confederate statues, instituted Jim Crow, enforced government-backed segregation and defended slavery with their lives. But now Democrats (sorry, but I have to assume you’re one) want to pick and choose which of their memorials are an abomination and which are not. Got it.

[@ms.ashland1239]

Beubien middle school didn’t mention this , wow I grew up on Sorrento and Chippewa and they never said nothing , wow

[@axtaxt8372]

No surprise….white history is definitely selective

[@theusa4052]

@@axtaxt8372 I mean. This isn’t that well known and many people on the other side of the city didn’t know about it.

[@candyc313]

I grew up on Sorrento near W. Outer Drive and I don’t think I ever recall seeing this wall or if I did i did not pay it any attention. Wow.

[@theusa4052]

@Klein Mitch And the slave owners didn’t care enough to write it down. So…

[@theusa4052]

@Klein Mitch I’m supporting your argument. Look at that sentence again.

[@TexRose956]

Keep sharing the history, a lot of us are listening and willing to learn.

[@cindyparra5751]

People people people take notes on what this woman is saying the GOVERNMENT may want to keep the people fighting over nonsense it is up to US to come together as a community and country and fight against unjust political policies and unjust laws.

[@comingsn2519]

Amen!

[@nlibby5549]

Truth

[@SoulSheIS]

Automatically, thought of "Women of Brewster's Place" with "The wall." God Bless, Miss Theresa.

[@belizegal29]

Me too!!!! Yes, that was my first thought.

[@SupernovaX72]

Me too I just posted that and then I saw your comment

[@moniquejackson9582]

There’s invisible walls all over the world, segregation, still exist. Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean you can’t feel it.

[@chriswil5919]

Yea 8mile the street in Detroit !! Invisible wall ……#Detroit

[@charris1ful]

Absolutely correct!

[@natashaiyamu734]

You said that perfectly

[@arielskys8727]

Dont demolish the wall, just make a door or gate that people can pass through. The wall looks Beautiful 😃

[@lovemyalaskaful]

First impression of the wall...it's bright, colorful and full of hope✌

[@BrendenDrivesMeCrazy]

Lipstick on a pig

[@lemostjoyousrenegade]

I agree. It’s beautiful.

[@BrendenDrivesMeCrazy]

@@lemostjoyousrenegade let me paint ya a masterpiece then

[@BlackNightJack]

White Lives Matter.

[@QueenQueen-np2sm]

Bright and colorful to cover up the lies and hate that goes with it let it stand to represent the true history of the soil that cries out of the blood of the innocent which died before, durinng and . after the wall was made. That wall represents hate get a clue nothing beautiful about it😏

[@starlaks588]

We need to stop trying to live amongst other people and take care of our neighborhoods! Just like the lady talked to the youngsters about cleaning up, that's what we all need to be doing. Let's start taking care of ours.

[@jazuripinto5998]

It’s all about the mentality of the people in the communities. If there is a mentality of abundance you will take care of your neighborhood. If there is a scarcity mentality u will not take care of your neighborhood because you tell yourself that you don’t own your home or apartment and it’s ok to live in squalor.

[@emilycarter8315]

Agreed

[@starlaks588]

@@jazuripinto5998 that's true, but we have to change our mindset. Even if we don't own it, we love there so we should maintain it and start saving our money so we can own ours.

[@nettewatson985]

Life long Detroiter and I've only heard this wall mentioned 1x in 30+ years. I never knew the story and have never seen the wall. It's know on my bucket list! Thank you Ms. Teresa & NBC for educating me today. It's a lesson I'll never forget.

[@marksullivan6319]

I commend this lady. We shouldn't just tear things down because they offend us. We need to have these things up to learn from, so we don't repeat our mistakes.

[@fistandpen2505]

Literally nobody says things should be torn down "because they offend". You must be white. Things are torn down because of what they symbolize. A monument to a white racist literally symbolizes celebration of white racism. A wall that was built to divide and now has murals depicting the vibrance and resilience of a black community symbolizes the black community turning hate to love. Either way THEY did the work, not the hateful community: that should be something for you to learn from.

[@charleneblack2792]

I'm sure you had that same opinion when they were tearing down historic statues.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

So the statue of Robert E. Lee should be torn down, but a wall-whose only purpose was to segregate a community-should still stand? Seems hypocritical.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

This is the only remaining physical wall of quite a few built around town as the city expanded ... I learned young what was going on. I remember To Rent Apt signs in windows, that said Whites Only. So when MLK Jr came to march, we went too.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

Ever see the signs "Irish need not apply"?

[@QueenQueen-np2sm]

@@obsoleteprofessor2034 what does that have to do with his story or the story he is commenting on? Please try not to deflect and make your woes are worse then your woes scenario, respect what he has to say and move on comment on the Irish vlog .

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

@@QueenQueen-np2sm Its like the story of the blind men discribing the elephant. If you don't get the whole picture one can easily claim they are the only and most oppressed which in itself is deflecting away from all others who have suffered.

[@willieleelump-lump7608]

@@obsoleteprofessor2034 : Really 🙄😒?! Troll much 🤔?❗

[@willieleelump-lump7608]

@@QueenQueen-np2sm : Exactly ❗

[@mattkehn6848]

This isn't the only wall in Detroit. There is a bigger one at Kercheval and Alter.

[@mzkittym.5450]

Yep, true.

[@GURILLAPUD]

While the devil Ronald Reagan asked to bring down the Berlin Wall, America had their own segregation wall that he completely ignored. Seems about right. 😂😂😂

[@W3Slots]

*I shed a tear seeing her cry*. I wouldn't leave either if that's the place I know.

[@spritepage]

Detroit will always be home to alot of ppl even if they've relocated to other places. There's nothing like the "D"!

[@kipperlane8959]

So true. I miss Belle Isle and driving up the Grosse Pointe coast, beautiful places.

[@rubyparchment5523]

I'm forever boasting about my French-Swedish great-grands who settled there in late 1800s. Can't trace easily, as there were thousands of men named Charles Carson.

[@microtasker]

My father was a real estate agent and he helped people in Detroit all the time that made $80k a year working at the auto factories that had no idea that they were even allowed to buy a home north of 8 mile. This was in the 1990's.

[@candyc313]

Wow my grandparents moved to Southfield in 1978. People didn’t know they could or were allowed to? Very interesting.

[@microtasker]

@@candyc313 Not everyone, but some.

[@MrCdnBeef]

She's right. We need to continue telling our stories. Share our experiences. Or our people are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. Such dedication to heritage made me weep.

[@JohnDoe_88]

Let past hate be a springboard for present and future indefinite love and appreciation that's the true path that's within us

[@tysparks598]

If that’s the path… but then people need to be taught something other than a victim mentality… because you have overcome, we’re one of the least racists societies in the world, and that’s because we used to aspire toward a melting pot. Multiculturalism has limits. There has to be some common culture. Each generation that comes along gets further & further in practice from the past. Or had been. I just fear we are regressing.

[@marcelopepinho]

Agree... however there is a wave of right-wing extremists and white-wing evangelicals that is polarizing America and Europe. Brazil is a perfect example, now we have a president who hates indians, women, blacks, gays, poor people among others. Instead of progressing we are going backwards for decades.

[@RockStarDidit]

We Were All Human Until Race Disconnected Us, Religion Separated Us, Politics Divided Us, & Wealth Classified US....... MAKE SURE TO TELL SOMEONE YOU LOVE 💞THEM

[@stanleyyelnats1313]

Oh wow.....VERY well said!!! ✌🇱🇷

[@spreadlovenothate5017]

Beautiful statement.

[@ruthsantiago363]

They live in the past, the government likes this division that has been created and if you are white you will not be saved if they continue to create division because many blacks are resentful of all those who are not of their race.

[@katherineirving7189]

👍🥰🌎🌍🌏

[@blakrumba]

I love this lady. She deserves a huge grant. How can we connect her with a grant writer? She is a single person non-for-profit movement.

[@texan-american200]

So why not just make a series of openings to natural pathways and leave the fence up for the sake of history?

[@defco89]

Good question... probably because people on both sides like things just the way they are !!!

[@texan-american200]

@@defco89 Good point

[@defco89]

@@texan-american200 urban planners should do a mini impact study to determine how modifying the wall would affect property values, school and public bus routes, crime rates, postal and pizza delivery times and other zoning issues that might benefit from economies of scale.

[@prof.scheere6933]

Im surprised no one has knocked down parts

[@comingsn2519]

Thats a good idea actually.

[@BeAmbitiousNotContent]

It’s sad to see the once vibrant homes now in a state of disrepair. Literally, if these walls could talk”

[@user-tw6bj4xx1l]

What am amazing woman. A real pillar of her community... True example an i will be showing her example to my kids. Our kids deserve to know this info

[@msware0104]

She's a beautiful woman and I enjoyed watching every bit of this video. I believe too that the way should stay. I wouldn't want any of America's history to be hidden under the rug. Too much already has. I'm happy to see that they turned the wall from something unfortunate to a lovely mural.

[@dannybaldwin7343]

🇺🇸 Another example of Americas Sinful Past Which America Ignores To This Day. 🇺🇸🤔🤫

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Rite on

[@miawarren8735]

That what it is ,the past. Leave it there.

[@katherineirving7189]

Not all Americans. Stop Stereotyping.

[@DamnitJanet529]

The love in this woman's heart is contagious.

[@cassidysmith3743]

Don't have to tear it down. Just attach doors on the wall so anyone can walk through on either side. It's like opening a door to a new beginning. We both can cross over to each side without climbing a wall.

[@lemostjoyousrenegade]

👌🏽 An archway would look beautiful.

[@katherineirving7189]

🥰🤗

[@bsboggyboy5432]

Now that's awesome, don't rewrite history learn from it.

[@randal_gibbons]

Im 57 and stories like this tell me I have so much more to learn.

[@leahneal6981]

Lived in Detroit my whole life and never knew 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Maasai-El]

Being born and raised in Detroit. It took Years for me to realize that the "D" is segregated by design. For those of us on the Eastside of the city, we were prohibited from crossing ALTER RD (BORDER LINE BETWEEN DETROIT AND GROSSE POINTE). *although quite a few black people reside in G.P. When you still ride through G.P. some white folks still give you the side 👁!

[@OGMann]

Exactly. Leave the statues and southern flag alone. They stand as reminders of what should never happen again. They stand as the public embarrassment of a way of life that lost, and a mindset that continues to lose. They stand as a representation of the triumph of good over evil. Like any icon, they only mean what an individual chooses for them to mean...

[@Santos-ek8md]

This was a great eye-opener for us all. I wish the wall hadn't ever been built. Although I see the symbolism in that she wants the wall to remain. I feel that this woman is very proud & I could sit & chat w/her for hrs. Blacks & Whites need to remember we're both americans. The more we can talk about life the better we will be for the greater good of our country.

[@juliaweber212]

I agree but the wall divides the people we should be together

[@shawnwebb9502]

a true definition of systematic racism..

[@charlesmcgregory6163]

Guess whose still controlling the narrative.

[@savlosavage]

It’s like the opposite effect the Berlin Wall had …

[@comingsn2519]

I was thinking this exact thing.

[@cocofluff]

Conservatives would have us believe things like this NEVER happened. Even as they work to build NEW literal and figurative walls between races.

[@robertnorris1808]

I have never met ONE conservative that said things like that. You must just be another blame game person. Did you notice where this wall is? It's in the NORTH and in another democrat controlled area. So who is doing what to this area both in the past and now? You need to actually open your eyes and mind and really see just who was what and who did what to people of color. Seems to many blacks want to continue to use race baiting to make a untrue statement. If you vote then maybe next time before you check that box for another democrat maybe really see which party has done more to open the door for people of color and which party would rather keep them on the government payroll. IMHO

[@thunkjunk]

Why conservatives?

[@GhostlyGhille]

no we wouldn't. It existed real racism existed. Conservatives just say stop crying about it, 95% of people alive and responsible for that are dead. Now people cry racism whenever someone disagrees with them. Work for better lives follow the law and usually you'll end up having a better life and no bad run ins with the cops.

[@jacquesminor6781]

@@robertnorris1808 I'm a black man myself and I say Amen to that ‼️

[@cocofluff]

@@robertnorris1808 Conservatives are the ones who claim institutionalized racism does not exist. They rail against critical race theory like Jim crow never existed. Like banks still to this day are not denying loans to black business owners or black homeowners to keep them out of certain neighbourhoods and markets. And an area being democratic or republican is irrelevant. Racism permeates every state in our union.

[@bp4lghost311]

When she said I'm not going anywhere she probably has never been so right

[@shellyohh5711]

Sounds like some "WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE" to me!!!!! Somebody get Oprah on this, STAT!!!!!!!!

[@suzycarmichael933]

Pretty much!!!! 😂 😂 😂

[@dontcare8197]

Other coloreds are dealing with the same thing like in South Africa it's a part of everyday life

[@finding-my-trueself704]

Wow lol that’s the first thing came to my mind while watching this!

[@juliaweber212]

I think from my prospective that’s not the reason at all they hear violence going on in your area a lot of people getting shot at night it’s never t the racial it’s the violence that makes people worried I’m white and going in a area unarmed seemed scary unless I’m prepared so I always believed that the separation is choice not based on history the wall divides the community and if Martin Luther king was alive I bet he would take it down because he believed in unity and that we are all brothers and sisters no matter our color or race.

[@joycewilliams9801]

Beautiful caring story about such a LOVING SPIRIT living in DETROIT

[@treasurethetime2463]

A lady who gets it. Removing statues and symbols of evil allows the evil doers to "forget" their actions.

[@goldengram3865]

I know right where that is, having grown up so close to there. I must track that beautiful soul down and give her a hug!

[@nicolehunter5927]

I am learning EVERYDAY . I do seek information. Thanks.

[@shanecharles4589]

i have amnesia EVERDAY. I do forget information. Thanks.

[@kevin-vn9mr]

The lady said it best it was just a fence to us. It's part of the community. It's not a wall of racism it's just a wall

[@eman3414]

It's a wall of racism that white people created. It should be knocked down.

[@MrSwaggonten]

What ever makes you sleep better at night. It was obviously built out of racism by white racist 🙄

[@kevin-vn9mr]

Have a feeling that everyone in the neighborhood would like the wall left up.

[@alexisfelice]

Wow. I never knew these things existed. I'm sure there has to be others in different cities in America. I assumed only Berlin did this. Crazy. Keep it to remember the injustice and to educate the younger generation/everyone.

[@Umstead2011]

Beautiful old pictures and awesome history, it's painful but much needed to be told, I had no idea ❤

[@ironyelegy]

Now that's how to teach history using physical objects. No stupid statues representing fantasy. Just proof of facts.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

I'm sure you mean well

[@damonmoore8741]

So proud of you sister…blessings to you and your family …🤜🏾🤛🏾✨✨✨💯💯💯🙏🏾

[@campbellde]

Richard Rothstein talks about this wall in his book called "The Color of Law."

[@kelgreen99]

Upsouth is another name for cities like Detroit who are and have been deeply segregated and deeply impoverished.

[@rodneyperez566]

This was imotional and great for helping people like her

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

For those curious about this history, there's a film called THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE from the 1980's. Albeit fictional, the stories incorporated in the film center around a similar racist barrier. Check it out...

[@jirt87]

Yes when I read the headline, I thought about that movie.

[@einsteindarwin8756]

She reminds me of my Aunt’s commitment to Cleveland, Ohio. I wish I had moved there after college.

[@cle-chi]

Cleveland used to be really nice. left it in 1992. Funny cause I cant get my 76 yr old dad to leave the ghetto on east cleveland city

[@donricolife1861]

Protect this Queen Woman at all costs and keep up your neighborhood Detroit.

[@bikesandcampswithcats]

Love Ms. Teresa!

[@CPeetG]

I feel like America will never fully overcome its dark history, unfortunately.

[@officetechtyping]

And she will pay for it.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

Especially since it refuses to own the wrongs done.

[@Raiche58]

We don't always have to overcome it, but we must learn to live in awareness of it.

[@pepmintpatty1764]

Never...

[@evolvedanimeisland]

Never

[@erinjordon829]

More places and neighborhoods need people like her. She is a modern day historian

[@Runndeep]

Big Respect to Ms Teresa, beautiful soul, bless

[@b.3940]

In the absence of systemic racism, I prefer living in an all Black neighborhood.

[@nosoliciting1344]

That's stupid....so has the confederate statues and flags but at 1 point they had to go. We still celebrate Columbus Day, but we know now that he didn't discover America.

[@lamonttaylor5061]

I believe we just need to build that's it can keep it in the community.

[@NuAfu]

I think the mural is beautiful. However it is symbolic of what we always do as a people we like to paint over the pain or we like to put icing on things and call it cake. It's the same things that we do one our comedian skit on stage and laugh at our pain. Tearing down the wall would therefore be Conquering the wall symbolically conquering Injustice and tearing down barriers. It's more of the the principle of the matter

[@VikkiTG]

Awe she is so sweet 💜 She seems like she'd be an absolute pleasure to be around and talk to....

[@gmw1635]

The word HAZARDOUS .. smh

[@billfeld5883]

Didn't have black people living in Dearborn when Henny was alive, racism is alive and well in America today and will be for a long time to come ,pure shame!2021

[@billrobbins5874]

Wow, 64 years old now, did not know this wall even existed.

[@johnpirritano5502]

Yet another bit of history I didn’t learn about in grade school, junior high, high school, undergrad school, nor graduate school. Doctorate level yet still oblivious to parts of history clearly whitewashed in our schools and colleges.

[@SDALLE99]

And yet you didn’t lose a single thing, be it yesterday or today. Nothing of value was lost

[@absinthemindedJ]

@@SDALLE99 how bout the truth?

[@david-lm7iu]

@@absinthemindedJ you want white kids to hate themselvs for being white.

[@david-lm7iu]

@@absinthemindedJ your a white libreal

[@Knightmessenger]

I learned about this and redlining in a 2006 urban planning course at Albion College. Mayor Duggan also mentioned it in his 2017 Mackinac keynote address.

[@embracethesuck1041]

A good example will go a lot further than a good lecture. This lady is an example for her community that should be emulated.

[@detroitmidunkin2138]

I never knew anything about this. You learn something new everyday.

[@Yermom22]

I love this woman. She’s exactly right.

[@sherirex7177]

Miss Teresa you are a true hero, an inspiration, a beautiful soul. ♥

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

Detroit is wild bro from east to west 🌆