The Historic Community Idlewild was marketed as an all-black resort town in Lake County, Michigan. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a leading Black surgeon, became the 1st famous property owner in 1915. Other upper and middle-class Black people including Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, Joe Louis, and Madam C.J. Walker, also owned Idlewild property. It was known as … Continued

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