“Anything can be a microphone.” LiteratureMemoirNarrativeEssayAlqamoussiArab AmericanWordmanDearborn Book:Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging Source: Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
“Not long after coming to Detroit, I heard of a museum of machinery in Dearborn which had been set up by Henry Ford but which, at that time, had not acquired its present popularity. The well-to-do people of fashionable Grosse Pointe and the Detroit workers as well ignored Greenfield Village, as this museum area was called. Almost nobody had any use for it, and I found out about it only through hearing people laugh at "old man Ford" for "wasting" millions on his "pile of scrap iron." These gibes excited my curiosity, and I asked my friends how I could arrange a visit and what was the earliest time I might go. "Any time you like," they answered, not troubling to conceal their disdain.” DetroitDiego RiveraHenry FordThe Henry FordHenry Ford MuseumGreenfield VillageDearborn Book:My Art, My Life Source: My Art, My Life