Running the Detroit Numbers

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 20, 2019

Bridgett M. Davis discusses her new book, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, which tells the story of growing up in Detroit in the 60s and 70s with her mother who earned a living running numbers for Detroit’s illegal lottery.

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