Charnita Monday, 62, sits in her dining room in her new Hamtramck home. She was one of a group of African Americans who were intentionally dislocated from Hamtramck 40 years ago, according to Federal Appeals Court Judge Damon Keith. As a settlement of a lawsuit, the city is building 200 new homes and rental housing for the plaintiffs or their descendants to move back into the city at subsidized rates. (Desiree Cooper)

New Life for Hamtramck's Black Enclave

Charnita Monday, 62, sits in her dining room in her new Hamtramck home. She was one of a group of African Americans who were intentionally dislocated from Hamtramck 40 years ago, according to Federal Appeals Court Judge Damon Keith. As a settlement of a lawsuit, the city is building 200 new homes and rental housing for the plaintiffs or their descendants to move back into the city at subsidized rates.

Credit: Desiree Cooper