Flint - Past

1. Auto Industry

1.1. Defucnt

1.1.1. Dort

1.1.2. Little

1.1.3. Flint

1.1.4. Mason

1.2. GM

1.2.1. Buick

1.2.1.1. First in Flint

1.2.2. Chevrolet

1.2.2.1. First car made in flint

1.3. United Auto Workers Union

1.3.1. Sit down srtike 1936-37

1.3.1.1. Major Union Victory

1.4. World War 2

1.4.1. Facilities used for tanks/planes

2. Culture

2.1. Education

2.1.1. K-12

2.1.1.1. Elementary

2.1.1.2. Middle

2.1.1.2.1. Middle school closures

2.1.1.3. High school

2.1.1.4. Charter/Private schools

2.1.1.5. MI school for the deaf

2.1.2. Universities

2.1.2.1. Kettering (Fmr GMI General Motors Institute)

2.1.2.2. UofM Flint

2.2. Places

2.2.1. Flint institute of art

2.2.2. Flint institute of music

2.2.3. Longway planetarium

2.2.4. Whiting auditorium

2.3. People

2.3.1. Michael Moore

2.3.1.1. Roger & Me

2.3.2. MSU Bball Flintstones

3. Misc

3.1. 8th Deadliest tornado in US (1953)

4. Pre 20th Century

4.1. Indian Tribes

4.1.1. Fur Trading Post

4.2. Lumber Center

4.2.1. Carriage building

5. Decline

5.1. Peaked in 1960s

5.2. White Flight

5.3. 1973 Oil Crisis

6. Recent History

6.1. 2004 - 3 GM factory upgrades

6.2. Delphi plant

6.3. New GM powertrain plant

7. Racism

7.1. GM excluded black people from assembly jobs

7.2. African Americans not allowed in wealthy neighborhoods

7.3. Despite racism, Flint has first black mayor of a major city

8. New node