My parents took us to Idlewild when we were young teens, in the early sixties. It was a wonderful vacation. Our cabin was on a lake. There was a skating rink, night club and other fun things to do. We loved it. We could hear Big Maybelle singing at the club at night. We went to a Jackie Wilson show. So much fun.
So when "integration" was implemented, the black businesses went from 300+ black owned businesses down 12 black businesses & Struggling 😳😳😳😳😳😳 WHAT THE Fffffff
@@ishmaelwilson6702 We are the most hated race of people on the planet and they did that for the simple fact the white man was afraid that all the black folks would get together and come together and INVEST THEIR MONEY TO BUILD THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE AFRAID OF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO ACCOMPLISH ANY THING OF OUR OWN THEY WANTED TO BE IN CONTROLL LIKE THEY ARE DOING TODAY. And they have the nerve to say that we don't know how to come together HELL, IDLEWILD IS THE PROOF THEY DIDN'T UNTIL THE WHITE MAN PASS THE LAW THAT WE CAN MINGLE WITH THE WHITE. And one thing about my people we don't die we multiply and what i mean every time a stumbling block gets into our way we always find that way out non stop.FACTS.
We had PLENTY of our own. But if you don't VALUE what you have you're always lookin at what someone else has, or what someone else thinks or says about you. We still have PLENTY of our own but the results never change even though the supposed "barriers" no longer exist. So what is and was the REAL problem and issue? Hint: it has nothing to do with "wacism" or "white people".
Indeed. We’ve ALWAYS flourished since the beginning of time. It’s so unnatural to breed and integrate with a whole race of people who inherently hate melanated folks smh
There was another Black resort in the midwest called Fox Lake in Indiana. It was active in the 1950s and 60s. And there was Peg Leg Bates Resort in upstate New York, but Idlewild was probaly the most well known. Members were called Idlewilders.
The moral of the story is that we have to see documentaries like this and bring such places back with a modern twist to it. We have to desire economic unity like what Idlewild produced, and other places in the country. Only this time, we must not do it because of the social and political order of the day forces us to. We have to desire to be with one another, unite our money with one another, and reach different goals together as Black people. This would be huge if we were to repeat a resort like this.
The only problem with that is the Blacks that have money or Education, don’t want to be around those that don’t have wealth and resources. They are not willing to put up the money for such a project. and we have to start an Educational system to D Niggea rise the next generation. not to sell drugs and ass.😊 they need to have the skills to pay the bills. and be able to produce a safe community. 😊
@@cashmoney2898 great input. De-nigga-rization is duly noted and definitely encouraged 👍🏾for our people to embark on a journey like this. I would agree with you on the education point being high on the list for some sort of transformation process. Great add on.
Whites, especially white women (and their latin and asian white adjacents) would find a way to heavily infiltrate these results. It wouldn't be as it was before.
Oh my goodness. My Grandma Rose took me to Idelwild when I was a small girl back in the 1960's. I remember the skating ring the soda fountain store. Back then they had real good ice cream. I still have the original pictures of Idelwild. The cabin we stayed in was small and you have to carry your own bed linen, bath towel s and cooking pots and pans. And all of the black race was having a good old time. It was very peaceful no fighting. Their was a beach their and the water was so clean. This was the perfect vacation get away for the black families. Those were the good old days where people would just get along with race other. And the greatest respect people showed each other. I really missed those days. 🤗🤗🤗
My father had a ranch near Idlewild called Boots and Saddle Club. The ranch was located near Idlewild and Woodland Park. A lot of relatives visted from Chicago, ILL.
Wow! - I went to Idelwild in the early 60's & our cottage was directly across from the skating rink & beach - (which we weren't allowed to go to) the club owner used to dock his boat @ out (my Aunt & Uncle's cottage) dock - where I met - Della Reese & many others - but we were only pre-teens @ that time so didn't really appreciate all. The boat rides around the (many) lake areas were interesting one area had water so clear you could see the fish & vegetation
That movie was a disrespect to it. Nothing like that went on up there . Doctor, lawyers, teachers, fireman, working people, singers, actors, regular people, families, and people who wanted to get away.
I understand and I'm very aware that Hollywood moguls rarely try to provide us with truth and honesty in their scripts. Their in the business of making movies that sell and make money. That's probably why most folk like me never gave it a second thought to find out if the movie itself was based on true historical facts. But now that I know my interest is piqued all the more and I'm encouraged to research the truth. Thanks so much for responding to my comments. @@cleoabraham906
Isn't it amazing that blacks can escape and live in a community with other blacks. So inspirational an event to celebrate, free and liberated. Black privilege. If the white man aspired to live in a place like Idlewild where other white men were free, he'd be call a racist, a white supremacist for wanting to live with other people that looked like him and had a connection to. It's a great experiment, bold and beautiful for the black man, racist for the white man. Why is that? You live in a lie. Segregation, Jim Crow, what do they mean, really, not what the media tells you. Jim Crow, blacks have to pass literary test, pay, hmmm... poor white man has to take a literary test and pay.... sound similar. We live in a lie, educate yourself.
Well, back then it was believed that attaining a better education via integration would help to improve our economic situation. We now know better. Racism exists in public education.
That was one of MLK's speeches but there were other speeches which the yt media wants to keep hidden. We are coming to get our check was the basis of several of them and in one of them he detailed how yt ppl got the goodies, guarantees and giveaways only for them. Then they have the nerve to tell us to pull ourselves by our own bootstraps. Heck yt ppl took all the bootstraps!
Lack of access to government subsidy funds killed black businesses and black ownership of any kind. Meanwhile whites just off the boat on Ellis Island got free land and money to OWN things from the govt. That has always been the problem and it's never been addressed.
Now I have to go and watch the OutKast’s movie again but with new eyes especially since I’m from Detroit and it’s a Midwest staple. I didn’t know this. Thank you for this information please bring more. Sept 20 23
This is a great report and awesome Great Melanoid Black family creating an amazing life under the worst oppression. Amazing Black people. I know James brown rolled through there?
I believe we had more success because we were forced to look out for one another because segregation made it crystal clear that we were not wanted by the larger society.
@@sparker7768 But the stats don't tell the same story. In 1920, 80% of blacks were poor. In 1960, 40% of blacks were poor. In 2023, only 20% of blacks are considered poor. Definitely Integration has helped bring down the poverty level. It would have been even lower if only more folks applied themselves in life by going to school/learning a trade. Indeed, during segregation, middle class blacks were forced to live with lower class blacks. Once integration happened, middle class black had options to move to the suburbs, leaving lower class blacks behind in what became the hood..
@@kinkiesse7736Only 20%? Source? Because black wealth has only gotten worse after the civil rights movement. Before the civil rights more African Americans owned homes than they do now. So I need sources for your statement.
Black's has their own economic neighborhoods, 50% of blacks did not eant forcef integration. We waited economic justice, I was born in '58 and remember the last vestiges of segregation
This is a very good point: my grandparents (all 4) didn’t want integration and were just fine. My aunt was the longest resident of Baldwin Hills and integration was meaningless primarily because she and her neighbors were all self-made business owners who sewed into the community including keeping their sizable wealth at black banks. She only went to Chase after the last black bank closed in the area. My point: black wealth regenerated into the community!
Economists research insisted integration, for the caucasion economy was becoming stagnate at that time. There were many Tulsas and Idlewilds in the USA.
I am sending this in the middle of the video, but I wonder whats there now, is it still a nice resort area? I did see this on the Nightly news from Lester Holt last year, I bet that was really nice, I hope it comes back!!
I own some property in the township East of Idlewild. There is still majority black ownership in the area and some efforts to resurrect one of the clubs started in 2023. The Red Rooster was bought by Devin Funchess and it was renamed to Peyton's. It closed briefly when a fight broke out, but is back now. Every year, there are land auctions and the land is pretty cheap, but the lakefront properties are all bought up I believe by families who have a long history in the area. There is not much industry to sustain a thriving community, but if you like nature, there is nature a.plenty between the woods, streams and lakes.
@@sirgalahad3574 So sounds like it is still pretty nice but not as much going on, when I saw this on the Nightly news I thought it sounded like a nice place to go visit sometimes but was wondering if anything was there now.
@@chrisb2844 The county in Michigan is Lake County. It is somewhat renown for being the poorest county in Michigan (including the very remote upper peninsula). Idlewild is not currently a tourist destination. Old family money still owns the properties that have value along the lakes. If you like hunting, fishing and canoeing, it is pretty unique in the surrounding areas. But, the town simply doesn't have the draw it had when black artists used to make it a destination. I would love to see it come back.
50,000 patents were submitted and approved during those times by black americans, making them the 3rd largest immigrants group with the most inventions. Also,every musical genre and danced craze( with the exception of tap dancing) came from black america.
To be honest it should of stayed that way, look how we just doing our own thing, the rush to be in these people mix for what, we we're fine on our own.
I am a Michigan resident. For geographical accuracy Idlewild IS "Northeast" NOT Northwest of Chicago. Idlewild is about a 3hr 30min drive Northwest of Detroit.
I hate the fact how we had come together, had our own, built up our own businesses & services & as soon as we're allowed in every other place that was closed to us, we leave what we built up, like it didnt matter no more. So desperate to be equals. We still arent equals. Lakawana, NY was the same way. (movie:Lakawana Blues) We walk around crying about somebody giving us something, we had it. We got for ourselves & we thrived. Now we're accepting scraps. We have no idea how good we had it during segregation. We had out own businesses, restaurants, cleaners, movie theatres, salons, barbarbershops, electrical technicians, doctors, lawyers, dentists, plumbers, transit workers (ppl used their own cars for transit), we served each other, our hard earned money went to our businesses & we thrived. Now, we tear up & destroy businesses in our communities, destroy accessibility in our neighborhoods, our main focus is destroy destroy, destroy the services we use. Its psychotic. And we have nothing we'll cry about how nobody has done anything for us. What a waste of creation we have become.
So I guess the movie Idlewild was somewhat based on the true story about this Town in Michigan. Even though in the movie, they appear to be in the State of Georgia.
Integration is not evil in and of itself. Equal access and opportunity is one of the hallmarks of freedom. Black people and other minorities should be able to enjoy their own strong, stable and lucrative communities. But they should also be able to live, work, and enjoy amenities and public facilities freely everywhere like White people.
If our people would've read the Bible, thoroughly, they would known that separation is of The Most High; 1 Esdras 8:69, 9:8-10, Sirach 6:13, Matthew 15:24, and Deuteronomy 7:6, 7: 3-4 spoke volumes. Integration goes against scripture.
That is not entirely true. The creator needs us all to separate from lawlessness and, yes, there are few instances where the nation of Israel was commanded not to intermingle with other nations, but not to where all nations are to be excluded from having dealings with Israel or obtaining salvation. The apocrypha and the new testament aren't part of the Tanakh and even if they were these books still do not agree with your comment. However, your exclusion of the goyim and superiority doctrine aligns perfectly with talmudic writings. This is also where the Edom-Rome doctrine comes from.
china is building mega cities every other year. Black people should have come together a long time ago and built a sought of utopia for black people that addresses all black related needs from health to education to food and i think it still can be done, it doenst have to be a hostile thing against any other group, its just to address black related issues and it makes sense. a leader needs to emerge and lead such a project, get all the black talent to chip in and help do this. we live in a time where black people are less trusting of each other far more than the past, mentality of black people has changed, there was not a lot of violence back then amongst black people as it is now, back then it was very peaceful, people were just trying to survive and stuck together and didnt tear each others heads off like today so its going to take a lot of mental effort to realize something like that
Us (us, us, us, us) and them (them, them, them, them) And after all we're only ordinary men Me And you (you, you, you) God only knows It's not what we would choose (choose, choose) to do (to do, to do) (Waters/Gilmour)
Who’s says they didn’t like it? You’re told the history through the liberals who benefit from their complete control of the black economy and black political voice. My family that grew up at this time all had their own businesses, owned homes, supported other black businesses and were married!! Importantly, this was common across nation for black Americans. Everybody wasn’t broke, a rapper, an athlete with a baby by a Kardashian or begged and borrowed which is the only thing the media portrays about black people today.
All Love, but I grew up in a Predominantly African-American City and it wasn’t cool at all. Still Not. I’ve been gone over 25 years but the Trauma will never leave me.
My Daddy started the 1st ambulance service in the Idlewild area. GREAT VIDEO!
My parents took us to Idlewild when we were young teens, in the early sixties. It was a wonderful vacation. Our cabin was on a lake. There was a skating rink, night club and other fun things to do. We loved it. We could hear Big Maybelle singing at the club at night. We went to a Jackie Wilson show. So much fun.
So when "integration" was implemented, the black businesses went from 300+ black owned businesses down 12 black businesses & Struggling 😳😳😳😳😳😳 WHAT THE Fffffff
@@ishmaelwilson6702 We are the most hated race of people on the planet and they did that for the simple fact the white man was afraid that all the black folks would get together and come together and INVEST THEIR MONEY TO BUILD THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE AFRAID OF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO ACCOMPLISH ANY THING OF OUR OWN THEY WANTED TO BE IN CONTROLL LIKE THEY ARE DOING TODAY. And they have the nerve to say that we don't know how to come together HELL, IDLEWILD IS THE PROOF THEY DIDN'T UNTIL THE WHITE MAN PASS THE LAW THAT WE CAN MINGLE WITH THE WHITE. And one thing about my people we don't die we multiply and what i mean every time a stumbling block gets into our way we always find that way out non stop.FACTS.
@@ishmaelwilson6702that was the plan unfortunately smh. We would’ve actually established generational wealth!
Lucky!! 🥰
wow i bet you had a blast i wish i was born back then seems like it would have seemed very safe and fun i happy you got to experience that !!
Ohhh so this is what the movie Idlewild was based on?...this is beautiful, something of our own ❤
You didn’t know 🚨‼️
EXACTLY!!.
We had PLENTY of our own. But if you don't VALUE what you have you're always lookin at what someone else has, or what someone else thinks or says about you. We still have PLENTY of our own but the results never change even though the supposed "barriers" no longer exist. So what is and was the REAL problem and issue? Hint: it has nothing to do with "wacism" or "white people".
Same I just realized this
Outkast acted so good in that movie i wanna watch it now 😂
One of the worst things.. to happen to "BlackPeople..was integration..access is one thing..but integration..we didnt need"!!
It’s not integration. It’s our own mentality. We stuck together because we were forced to. But the white man’s ice is colder.
@@lukedermott1589what is that ice comment?
I totally agree, MLKs movement made it worse
Indeed. We’ve ALWAYS flourished since the beginning of time. It’s so unnatural to breed and integrate with a whole race of people who inherently hate melanated folks smh
@@roderickstockdale1678"White ice is colder."
There was another Black resort in the midwest called Fox Lake in Indiana. It was active in the 1950s and 60s. And there was Peg Leg Bates Resort in upstate New York, but Idlewild was probaly the most well known. Members were called Idlewilders.
Peg Leg Bates was AWESOME
My band played at Peg Leg Bates.Great experience.
My aunt still fishes and has a timeshare at Fox River, and spends a lot of time there to this day!
I went to Peg Leg Bates as a child with my grandparents... sweet memories!
@@warrendoris9669how are you
The moral of the story is that we have to see documentaries like this and bring such places back with a modern twist to it.
We have to desire economic unity like what Idlewild produced, and other places in the country. Only this time, we must not do it because of the social and political order of the day forces us to. We have to desire to be with one another, unite our money with one another, and reach different goals together as Black people. This would be huge if we were to repeat a resort like this.
I agree.
YES YES YES ❤❤❤. You are absolutely right. If we can come together man oh man what a wonderful place this would be !!!!
The only problem with that is the Blacks that have money or Education, don’t want to be around those that don’t have wealth and resources. They are not willing to put up the money for such a project. and we have to start an Educational system to D Niggea rise the next generation. not to sell drugs and ass.😊 they need to have the skills to pay the bills. and be able to produce a safe community. 😊
@@cashmoney2898 great input. De-nigga-rization is duly noted and definitely encouraged 👍🏾for our people to embark on a journey like this.
I would agree with you on the education point being high on the list for some sort of transformation process. Great add on.
Whites, especially white women (and their latin and asian white adjacents) would find a way to heavily infiltrate these results. It wouldn't be as it was before.
My grandmother would’ve loved this!!! She took us there growing up and I’ll never forget the memories. I love and miss you Cheryl Ann Evans!!!!
Cheryl Ann Evans- Rest in perfect peace
This is a great documentary on Idlewild. Where our black people do business, put our black people there. Bless you.
Now our money goes to people who tolerate but don’t love us
Today, Idlewild still has a unique beauty. The land prices would allow us to resurrect the town, but for some reason, it's yet to happen.
Oh my goodness.
My Grandma Rose took me to Idelwild when I was a small girl back in the 1960's.
I remember the skating ring the soda fountain store. Back then they had real good ice cream.
I still have the original pictures of Idelwild.
The cabin we stayed in was small and you have to carry your own bed linen, bath towel s and cooking pots and pans.
And all of the black race was having a good old time.
It was very peaceful no fighting.
Their was a beach their and the water was so clean.
This was the perfect vacation get away for the black families.
Those were the good old days where people would just get along with race other.
And the greatest respect people showed each other.
I really missed those days.
🤗🤗🤗
This is why Dr Martin Luther King, Jr said about integration, "He is afraid he led his people into a burning building."
And that probably why they killed him but ALSO what I didn't know what that Martin luther King was an communist
My father had a ranch near Idlewild called Boots and Saddle Club. The ranch was located near Idlewild and Woodland Park. A lot of relatives visted from Chicago, ILL.
Integration was not the move. Now we have less black businesses.
Exactly now they crying bring it back
Wow! - I went to Idelwild in the early 60's & our cottage was directly across from the skating rink & beach - (which we weren't allowed to go to) the club owner used to dock his boat @ out (my Aunt & Uncle's cottage) dock - where I met - Della Reese & many others - but we were only pre-teens @ that time so didn't really appreciate all. The boat rides around the (many) lake areas were interesting one area had water so clear you could see the fish & vegetation
Gratitude for sharing
WOW!!! I thought "Idlewild" was just a movie. I had no idea that it was an actual place or township. "AMAZING!"
That movie was a disrespect to it. Nothing like that went on up there . Doctor, lawyers, teachers, fireman, working people, singers, actors, regular people, families, and people who wanted to get away.
@@cleoabraham906what do you wish the movie changed
I understand and I'm very aware that Hollywood moguls rarely try to provide us with truth and honesty in their scripts. Their in the business of making movies that sell and make money. That's probably why most folk like me never gave it a second thought to find out if the movie itself was based on true historical facts. But now that I know my interest is piqued all the more and I'm encouraged to research the truth. Thanks so much for responding to my comments. @@cleoabraham906
@@roselynholloway7863that movie was Georgia town
@@daniellej7914 ok
My father and aunt own houses in Idlewild. Born n raised in Grand rapids mich but had never heard of Idlewild until my aunt bought land there in 2004
I remember Myrtle Beach Atlantic Beach was African American owned clubs hotels it was phenomenal.
I want to live in an Idlewild!! 😩
Isn't it amazing that blacks can escape and live in a community with other blacks. So inspirational an event to celebrate, free and liberated. Black privilege. If the white man aspired to live in a place like Idlewild where other white men were free, he'd be call a racist, a white supremacist for wanting to live with other people that looked like him and had a connection to. It's a great experiment, bold and beautiful for the black man, racist for the white man. Why is that? You live in a lie. Segregation, Jim Crow, what do they mean, really, not what the media tells you. Jim Crow, blacks have to pass literary test, pay, hmmm... poor white man has to take a literary test and pay.... sound similar. We live in a lie, educate yourself.
Integration killed 70% of black businesses, That I have a dream bs is a nightmare. We wanted economic justice
Well, back then it was believed that attaining a better education via integration would help to improve our economic situation. We now know better. Racism exists in public education.
That was one of MLK's speeches but there were other speeches which the yt media wants to keep hidden. We are coming to get our check was the basis of several of them and in one of them he detailed how yt ppl got the goodies, guarantees and giveaways only for them. Then they have the nerve to tell us to pull ourselves by our own bootstraps. Heck yt ppl took all the bootstraps!
MLK said he made a big mistake with the integration thing and sought to correct that mistake. @@DiabolikalFollikles
Lack of access to government subsidy funds killed black businesses and black ownership of any kind. Meanwhile whites just off the boat on Ellis Island got free land and money to OWN things from the govt. That has always been the problem and it's never been addressed.
@@DiabolikalFolliklesNot only exists in it, it's built in.
But Today's black youth and overall black culture would destroy it. Different times when the black family was more stable..
I’d like to know a little bit more about the current state of Idlewild
Thanks for this story. We had a place in Woodland Park, MI, another, quieter, black enclave.
Thank you for this wonderful history of our people 🙏🏿✊🏿❤️🖤💚 we allowed them to fool us with integration we should have kept this going 🥺
You need your head examined.
Wholeheartedly agree...integration was NOT the answer to our economic empowerment.
Now I have to go and watch the OutKast’s movie again but with new eyes especially since I’m from Detroit and it’s a Midwest staple. I didn’t know this. Thank you for this information please bring more. Sept 20 23
I spoke with one of the producers (Erika Conner) on Outkast movie is great but it has no historical context. I wished they added it.
@@TempleLesteril glad you mentioned this. I saw it when it first came out and couldn’t recall any of this being in it. Glad you provided the history
@@TempleLesterhow did you get into contact
5:35 Both were beautiful
This is a great report and awesome Great Melanoid Black family creating an amazing life under the worst oppression. Amazing Black people. I know James brown rolled through there?
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Great documentary.🥰Blessings beautiful soul 😇.
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Absolutely 💯 beautiful thank u
Oh, to have seen this in its glory day.
Talk about the things we lost in the fire.
I'm so proud of you..... 💜✊🏽💜
And thankful to your Parent/s for the way they raised you.
PARENTS>procreators, ForTheCULTURE -- ALL DAY ERR'DAY!!!
Two of my best friends have cabins in Idlewild. They still go there in the Summers.
Me and my family have land in Idlewild and love every bit of it
What are y'all doing with it?
This was pleasure to look at.
Sorry to say this we did so much better when we were segregated 😢owned so many businesses schools etc 😢
Today's black youth and culture would destroy it. Different times when the black family was more stable..
@@kinkiesse7736YUP - 🎯💯✅ 🫣😬😢
I believe we had more success because we were forced to look out for one another because segregation made it crystal clear that we were not wanted by the larger society.
@@sparker7768 But the stats don't tell the same story. In 1920, 80% of blacks were poor. In 1960, 40% of blacks were poor. In 2023, only 20% of blacks are considered poor. Definitely Integration has helped bring down the poverty level. It would have been even lower if only more folks applied themselves in life by going to school/learning a trade.
Indeed, during segregation, middle class blacks were forced to live with lower class blacks. Once integration happened, middle class black had options to move to the suburbs, leaving lower class blacks behind in what became the hood..
@@kinkiesse7736Only 20%? Source? Because black wealth has only gotten worse after the civil rights movement. Before the civil rights more African Americans owned homes than they do now. So I need sources for your statement.
Teach the true Amerikkka theystory. We need are own. Racism still exists today.
Uh, we know it still exists.
We experience everyday 😈
@geekmeee ahh your so impotent
*our. Grammar is something to manage too.
@roderickstockdale1678 it is ridiculous that I have to get negative comments for a positive one. Fruck yo grammar. How bout dat. Ibrahim 216
@roderickstockdale1678 This how Black ppl speak... We say "are" instead of our, get into it.
That's where Chicago and Detroit meet up and had a Ball
Black's has their own economic neighborhoods, 50% of blacks did not eant forcef integration. We waited economic justice, I was born in '58 and remember the last vestiges of segregation
This is a very good point: my grandparents (all 4) didn’t want integration and were just fine. My aunt was the longest resident of Baldwin Hills and integration was meaningless primarily because she and her neighbors were all self-made business owners who sewed into the community including keeping their sizable wealth at black banks. She only went to Chase after the last black bank closed in the area. My point: black wealth regenerated into the community!
Never knew great information thank you
@1:12 & @4:52 looks like the scene from The Color Purple movie, when they were crossing the bridge heading to the church
Economists research insisted integration, for the caucasion economy was becoming stagnate at that time. There were many Tulsas and Idlewilds in the USA.
Preach!!
I live by there and I’m planning to visit next spring, too cold in the winter.
Wow I thought it was just a movie ✌🏿&❤️🖤💚
The ladies on the thumbnail look so comfortable in his arms
This is amazing I never knew this is what the movie is based off.. us African Americans came a long way 🙏🏾💪🏾💯
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this.
¡Gratitude!
Good video. I had no idea.
The beautiful birth place of my father.
I am sending this in the middle of the video, but I wonder whats there now, is it still a nice resort area? I did see this on the Nightly news from Lester Holt last year, I bet that was really nice, I hope it comes back!!
I own some property in the township East of Idlewild. There is still majority black ownership in the area and some efforts to resurrect one of the clubs started in 2023. The Red Rooster was bought by Devin Funchess and it was renamed to Peyton's. It closed briefly when a fight broke out, but is back now.
Every year, there are land auctions and the land is pretty cheap, but the lakefront properties are all bought up I believe by families who have a long history in the area. There is not much industry to sustain a thriving community, but if you like nature, there is nature a.plenty between the woods, streams and lakes.
@@sirgalahad3574 So sounds like it is still pretty nice but not as much going on, when I saw this on the Nightly news I thought it sounded like a nice place to go visit sometimes but was wondering if anything was there now.
@@chrisb2844 The county in Michigan is Lake County. It is somewhat renown for being the poorest county in Michigan (including the very remote upper peninsula). Idlewild is not currently a tourist destination. Old family money still owns the properties that have value along the lakes. If you like hunting, fishing and canoeing, it is pretty unique in the surrounding areas. But, the town simply doesn't have the draw it had when black artists used to make it a destination. I would love to see it come back.
My grandparents honeymooned there.
50,000 patents were submitted and approved during those times by black americans, making them the 3rd largest immigrants group with the most inventions. Also,every musical genre and danced craze( with the exception of tap dancing) came from black america.
We should’ve stayed separate from those devils
To be honest it should of stayed that way, look how we just doing our own thing, the rush to be in these people mix for what, we we're fine on our own.
So right on the migration my Family from Alabama not all came but some did
My fault, it went from 300+ black owned businesses down to 6 and struggling 😳😳😳😳 i don't see the "advancement"!!!!
Black AMERICAN history ❤🤍💙
I am a Michigan resident. For geographical accuracy Idlewild IS "Northeast" NOT Northwest of Chicago. Idlewild is about a 3hr 30min drive Northwest of Detroit.
I hate the fact how we had come together, had our own, built up our own businesses & services & as soon as we're allowed in every other place that was closed to us, we leave what we built up, like it didnt matter no more. So desperate to be equals. We still arent equals. Lakawana, NY was the same way. (movie:Lakawana Blues) We walk around crying about somebody giving us something, we had it. We got for ourselves & we thrived. Now we're accepting scraps. We have no idea how good we had it during segregation. We had out own businesses, restaurants, cleaners, movie theatres, salons, barbarbershops, electrical technicians, doctors, lawyers, dentists, plumbers, transit workers (ppl used their own cars for transit), we served each other, our hard earned money went to our businesses & we thrived. Now, we tear up & destroy businesses in our communities, destroy accessibility in our neighborhoods, our main focus is destroy destroy, destroy the services we use. Its psychotic. And we have nothing we'll cry about how nobody has done anything for us. What a waste of creation we have become.
Is "built" in the thumbnail intentionally misspelled?
So I guess the movie Idlewild was somewhat based on the true story about this Town in Michigan. Even though in the movie, they appear to be in the State of Georgia.
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I Love how My Ancestors had the strength to be Independent....
Can’t find any land for a reasonable price now looking in neighboring Baldwin now.
Im looking up where Idlewild located at and its in my own state lol
Integration is not evil in and of itself. Equal access and opportunity is one of the hallmarks of freedom.
Black people and other minorities should be able to enjoy their own strong, stable and lucrative communities. But they should also be able to live, work, and enjoy amenities and public facilities freely everywhere like White people.
Now we can't support our own.
So how did they take it
they didnt take it, black people abandoned it after integration
UTOPIA ❤ THIS IS HOW RACES SHOULD BE ❤ LIVING AMONGST THEMSELVES
Yeah we built hour own an they had to have that too. All over the country
Us black people and native americans need to take our country back the government will never help we need to do for ourselves
Just letting you know that the word "Buld" in you video's title, appears to have been misspelled..., maybe?
If our people would've read the Bible, thoroughly, they would known that separation is of The Most High; 1 Esdras 8:69, 9:8-10, Sirach 6:13, Matthew 15:24, and Deuteronomy 7:6, 7: 3-4 spoke volumes. Integration goes against scripture.
That is not entirely true. The creator needs us all to separate from lawlessness and, yes, there are few instances where the nation of Israel was commanded not to intermingle with other nations, but not to where all nations are to be excluded from having dealings with Israel or obtaining salvation. The apocrypha and the new testament aren't part of the Tanakh and even if they were these books still do not agree with your comment. However, your exclusion of the goyim and superiority doctrine aligns perfectly with talmudic writings. This is also where the Edom-Rome doctrine comes from.
Desegregation messed us up, we need to build up more of our neighborhoods
Think about Black Wallstreet. There is no getting around hatred. We mind our own business and get bombed.
@@m.j.333BWS, Rosewood FL, etc. I get it but we have to do something. There are other cities / towns in the works as we speak.
There was another black enclave nearby, Woodland Park.
china is building mega cities every other year. Black people should have come together a long time ago and built a sought of utopia for black people that addresses all black related needs from health to education to food and i think it still can be done, it doenst have to be a hostile thing against any other group, its just to address black related issues and it makes sense. a leader needs to emerge and lead such a project, get all the black talent to chip in and help do this. we live in a time where black people are less trusting of each other far more than the past, mentality of black people has changed, there was not a lot of violence back then amongst black people as it is now, back then it was very peaceful, people were just trying to survive and stuck together and didnt tear each others heads off like today so its going to take a lot of mental effort to realize something like that
Idel Men Wild Women
Us (us, us, us, us) and them (them, them, them, them)
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me
And you (you, you, you)
God only knows
It's not what we would choose (choose, choose) to do (to do, to do) (Waters/Gilmour)
Oh yeah tricked us an separated us for ever
How is it a struggling retirement place all the money blacks got smh
That shit said a 100 bucks a week 😅 and they wonder why us young bucks don't work 😂
We did it to ourselves!
Sad
I KNOW SISTERS DONT WANT 2 HEAR THIS BUT INTERGRATION WAS THE STUPIDEST THING WE EVER DONE.
Actually The only town segregation did not build. Your title gives credit to the whiteman
Ya, but black people didn't like that. That's why we had a civil rights movement. Segregation is racist.
Who’s says they didn’t like it? You’re told the history through the liberals who benefit from their complete control of the black economy and black political voice. My family that grew up at this time all had their own businesses, owned homes, supported other black businesses and were married!! Importantly, this was common across nation for black Americans. Everybody wasn’t broke, a rapper, an athlete with a baby by a Kardashian or begged and borrowed which is the only thing the media portrays about black people today.
All Love, but I grew up in a Predominantly African-American City and it wasn’t cool at all. Still Not.
I’ve been gone over 25 years but the Trauma will never leave me.
Yeah from animals who act like they not.