(gentle music) My family came to Detroit for a better living.

Better living.

They came to Detroit late in the '40s, like late '40s?

My grandfather, in fact, his whole family came to Detroit.

The whole Rambus, R-A-M-B-U-S family came from Moorhead, Mississippi in the late '40s to seek a better life, jobs, the whole thing.

They were sharecroppers, that's what they were.

My grandfather, when he came here, he got into the factories at Allen Industries.

And he was a worker there and raised his family on the east side of Detroit.

We all stayed together.

Ironically, we all lived in one big house together.

Watching my grandfather come in the house, tap dancing through the house, okay?

He would be so happy, maybe on a Friday.

He would tap dance through the house and it was so amazing for us to watch him tap dance.

The impact from my family moving here, migrating here, was a plus because they were so poor.

Like I said, they were sharecroppers.

And when they came here, they were able to find jobs immediately.

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