GM, DETROIT AND THE FALL OF THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS

from the NEW YORK TIMES: G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class Damon Winter/The New York Times Marvin Powell with his wife, children and parents at his home in Southfield, Mich. // // By JONATHAN MAHLER Published: June 24, 2009 The Pontiac Assembly Center in Pontiac, Mich., is a massive, low-slung structure of concrete and corrugated green steel that squats conspicuously among the many strip malls that line on