And Then The Industry Itself Was So

Well, There Were Several Things. One Was That The Industry Itself Built In Detroit Was Abandoning The City - Taking Factories Elsewhere, The Corporate Headquarters Elsewhere.

Originally, John Kennedy Was Going To Come Speak, And Then Lyndon Johnson. Because It Was October Of '62, Neither Made It Because Of The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Well, There Is Something Beautiful About Ruins. I Mean, In One Sense It's Not That Different From Going To Rome And Looking At The Forum. But It's Changing. It Truly Is. I'm Optimistic But Skeptical.

And All Of The Big Shots Of The Car Industry Are There, Strutting Their Stuff. And That Year, They're Feeling Especially Good Because Cars Were Selling More Than Ever Before.

Well, Here You Had A City That Was Selling More Cars Than Ever Before, That Had This Wondrous Music Being Created, That Was So Vital To The Labor And Civil Rights Of This Country, And Yet It Was Dying And Didn't See It, Except For Some Sociologist At Wayne State University Who Predicted That Detroit Was Losing Population By A Half-million By The End Of That '60s Decade, And That That Trend Would Continue Taking Away Its Tax Base.