by Thomas F Daniels | Apr 30, 2017 | Detroit History, Issues to Care About
Special Guest Post by TJ Hemphill Whenever I think of my first days at Wayne State University, I think of a young black boy sitting in the midst of a sea of white faces with straight hair and pink blemishes. The English class was now in full session and so was the...
by Thomas F Daniels | Apr 9, 2017 | Detroit History, Memory Lane
There are certainly a lot of four letter words out there, some of which our Mothers had to wash out our mouths for using. I remember the time that I had to take one of my sons to the basement to cleanse his mouth with a bar of Fels-Naptha soap. None of these words,...
by Thomas F Daniels | Mar 12, 2017 | Detroit History, Issues to Care About
I recall early in high school, probably 9th grade in 1963, when my English teacher, who was certainly sympathetic to the social issues of the time, made us aware of the causes of skin color and pigmentation. Why, even within the races, is one person’s skin lighter or...
by Thomas F Daniels | Feb 19, 2017 | Detroit History, Memory Lane
Those of us who live in the north, Michigan to be more exact, have developed a sense of humor about the weather. If we didn’t, we would end up assuming the hunker down posture facing the elements with our teeth clenched and expletives emerging from our steamy breath....
by Thomas F Daniels | Feb 5, 2017 | Detroit History, Memory Lane
There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, singin’ “Doo-wah-diddy diddy dum diddy do” Snappin’ her fingers and shufflin’ her feet, singin’ “Doo-wah-diddy diddy dum diddy do” . . . Now that I have that iconic Manfred Mann tune bouncing around in your head for...
by Thomas F Daniels | Nov 27, 2016 | Detroit History
UPDATE: The Detroit Pistons are moving back to downtown Detroit in 2017 but read all about my memories of them in the 60’s and 70’s. — The crowd at the Palace of Auburn Hills really gets into it when the announcer starts chanting “Dee-troit...
