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Documenting Detroit: Wisest Generation

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Detroit’s Wisest Generation is a visual narrative of remarkable people who have lived through the good and the bad with a relentless spirit and faith in Detroit’s comeback.

Detroit's Wisest Generation is an ongoing project initially developed through a fellowship under the direction of a nonprofit, Documenting Detroit. It has become an ongoing effort of mine to document Detroit's senior community including audio featuring a number of urban legends of Motown, gospel music and others in the entertainment business. They also also include entreprenuers, spiritual leaders, social and political activist who raised children, practiced their craft and made their mark in the city and, in their communities.

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  • Sanford Stacey, former owner of Michigan Shortening Company at Fleischman's Senior Home.<br />
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Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sandy -91_B1A3979.jpg
  • Sanford Stacey, former owner of Michigan Shortening Company at Fleischman's Senior Home.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sandy -91_1B1A9325.jpg
  • Sanford Stacey, former owner of Michigan Shortening Company at Fleischman's Senior Home.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sandy -91_B1A9279.jpg
  • Lee Canady, former owner of Lee's Monroe Music.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lee - 84_B1A4953.jpg
  • Lee Canady, former owner of Lee's Monroe Music.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lee - 84_B1A8722.jpg
  • Lee Canady, former owner of Lee's Monroe Music.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lee - 84_B1A8698.jpg
  • Lee Canady, former owner of Lee's Monroe Music.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lee-20180821-_B1A8776.jpg
  • Former Detroit burlesque dancer and legend, Lottie the Body Graves.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lottie -89_B1A4061.jpg
  • Former Detroit burlesque dancer and legend, Lottie the Body Graves.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lottie-89_1B1A4084.jpg
  • Former Detroit burlesque dancer and legend, Lottie the Body Graves.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lottie -89_1B1A4112.jpg
  • Lourdes Cooney, former teacher and educator.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lordes-71_B1A4370.jpg
  • Lourdes Cooney, former teacher and educator.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Lordes -71_B1A4436.jpg
  • Charles Rayford, former Air Force, Auto Worker <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Charles - 78_B1A4593.jpg
  • Charles Rayford, former Air Force, Auto Worker<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Charles - 78_B1A4600.jpg
  • Charles with his wife Lillian Rayford, outside their home in Detroit's west side.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Charles & Lillian - 78_B1A4653.jpg
  • Harriet and Al Saperstein, community organizer & social activist, professor at Wayne State University.<br />
 <br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Al -89 & Harriet -84_B1A4675.jpg
  • Harriet and Al Saperstein, community organizer & social activist, professor at Wayne State University.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Al -89 & Harriet -84_B1A4913.jpg
  • Dorothy Aldridge, Civil Rights organizer /community activist.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Dorothy - 71 & Harriet -84_B1A47...jpg
  • Adi Abraham with statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe at St. Anne's Church in Southwest Detroit.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Adi-70_1B1A5170.jpg
  • Sister of St. Joseph, Nina Rodriguez with Adi at St. Anne's Church, Detroit.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sister Nina -77& Adi_B1A5097.jpg
  • Sister of St. Joseph, Nina Rodriguez attends her garden near St. Anne's Church, Detroit.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sister Nina -77_B1A8991.jpg
  • Hand of Sister of St. Joseph, Nina Rodriguez at St. Anne's Church in Southwest Detroit.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Sister Nina -77_B1A9065.jpg
  • Olaymi Dabls, artist & philospher and educator of African-American Art & Culture.  <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Dabl -81_B1A4850.jpg
  • Olaymi Dabls, artist & philospher and educator of African-American Art & Culture.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Dabl -81_B1A4828.jpg
  • Vince & Ursula Murray, community activists and preservationists of Southwest Detroit's Hubbard Farms neighborhood. <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Urula & Vince_B1A5640.jpg
  • Ursula Murray, artist and educator of Latino artists. <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Ursula-77_B1A5654.jpg
  • Ursula Murray, artist and educator of Latino artists. <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Ursula -77_B1A5626.jpg
  • Rosalind Ashford, Motown's original singer for the Vandellas.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Rosalind-74_B1A5756.jpg
  • Memorabilia from original singers of Motowns girl group, The Vandellas.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Vandellas_B1A5774.jpg
  • Annette Beard, Motown's original singer for the Vandellas.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Annette_B1A5740.jpg
  • Thomas Kelly, manager and lead vocalist for the Masters of Harmony.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Tom-105_B1A9157.jpg
  • Thomas Kelly, manager and lead vocalist for the Masters of Harmony.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Tom-105_B1A9171.jpg
  • Thomas Kelly, manager and lead vocalist for the Masters of Harmony.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Tom -105_B1A9077.jpg
  • Joe Billingslea, manager and vocalist for Motown's great, The Contours.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors.<br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    _B1A4473.jpg
  • Joe Billingslea, manager and vocalist for Motown's great, The Contours. <br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    _B1A4477.jpg
  • Sisters, Vermon, 90 & Annie 89, reunited. Both grew up in Mississippi, former sharecroppers and later took on various other roles as educators and activists.<br />
<br />
Detroit's Wisest Generation focuses on one of many marginalized communities within Detroit, seniors. <br />
<br />
My aim is to present a body of images that show a glimpse of life and hopefulness within a community of residents who have weathered both the good and the bad of the city and have faith in Detroit's rebound for the long run.
    Vermon & Annie_B1A5560.jpg
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