“I issue a warning to all those pushers, to all rip-off artists, to all muggers: It's time to leave Detroit; hit Eight Mile Road! And I don't give a damn if they are black or white, or if they wear Superfly suits or blue uniforms with silver badges. Hit the road.”

About Coleman Young

Politician • American

Coleman Alexander Young was a prominent American politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Detroit, Michigan. His tenure, lasting from 1974 to 1994, made him the city's longest-serving mayor. A former...