Restoring Idlewild, Michigan, historic vacation spot for Black people

W.E.B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker and other intellectuals and political figures came to this area, known as Black Eden, to escape from a segregated America.

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During the early 20th century, Idlewild was one of the few resorts that allowed African Americans to vacation and purchase property during the Jim Crow era. The booming resort community located in