The Black Migration to Detroit
Black Population in Detroit,
1870-1930
Increase in Black Population in
Detroit 1910-1930 Compared to Other Cities
Increase in Black Population of Detroit Compared to Other Cities, 1910-1930
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Black Population in Detroit,
1870-1930
Detroit's 1924 Mayoralty Election
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** Bowles was a write-in candidate. Had ballots with misspellings of his name been counted, he would have won the election by over 1,000 votes.
Bowles and Smith faced off again in the
1925 Mayor's race. Smith won, this time by a vote of 140,000 to 110,000.