When Detroit Played the Numbers Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City Hockey and unskilled laborers

and unskilled laborers

Hand-numbered and signed by Fitz

A comfortable and relaxed feel

an economic boom swept through Detroit

Ovshinsky reminds his readers

When Detroit Played the Numbers Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City Hockey and unskilled laborersWinner: A Michigan Notable Book! A testament to the tenacious spirit embodied in Detroit culture and history, this account reveals how numbers gambling, initially an illegal enterprise, became a community resource and institution of solidarity for Black communities through times of racial disenfranchisement and labor instability. Author Felicia B. George sheds light on the lives of Detroit's numbers operatorsmany self made entrepreneurs who overcame