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Abandoned Detroit Schools

n the last half-century, Detroit lost more than half its population. Those leaving the city were mostly white people who fled to the suburbs. As a result, the tax base was destroyed and the black population that remains has had to govern a 139-square-mile city with limited resources.

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Abandoned Detroit Schools

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image credits James Griffioen


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