Before relocating to Detroit, Teresa Marbury’s maternal grandfather and his family were sharecroppers in Moorhead, Mississippi. In the late 1940s, they made the move north, in search of opportunity. Settling in Detroit changed their lives.
“They were so poor … and when they came here, they were able to find jobs immediately,” she said.
Her grandfather was a factory worker at Allen Industries and raised his family on Detroit’s east side. Three generations, including Marbury, lived together in one big house…