A sheriff has donated $2,000 from returnable cans and bottles for improvement projects at Idlewild.

Founded in 1912, Idlewild was conceived by a couple of white developers and their wives during the Jim Crow era who figured an all-black resort would attract a lot of Midwestern middle-class ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the country’s “most endangered historic places,” including a hotel from Michigan’s “Black Eden.”… ...

According to the book “Idlewild: The Black Eden of Michigan,” the resort company, which included brothers Erastus and Adelbert Branch, purchased the 2,700-acre property.

Portrait of a large group of unidentified people as they pose on the beach outside the Idlewild Club House, in Idlewild, Michigan, in September 1938. Also known as “the Black Eden,” Idlewild was a ...

A child of Idlewild in its heyday as a black resort community remembers the mid-Michigan town.

Nugent Sand Company Inc., 2925 Lincoln. For the residents of Idlewild, many whose roots in the resort stretch back for generations, it's a request that has promoted a lot of questions.

Idlewild is a summer resort town built in the 1920s and once one of the few places Black families could own property and vacation freely. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed, less people ...

Why the Idlewild Resort Was So Popular in the 1950s During its 1950s heyday, the Idlewild resort in Michigan was a magnet for black culture and entertainment, with a booming nightlife featuring famous ...

It was a safe haven for Black families that became famous for its nightlife. In the early 1900s, Idlewild was a resort town where Black people could legally buy property.

Idlewild – A sheriff has donated $2,000 from returnable cans and bottles for improvement projects at Idlewild, which once served as a major summer resort for African Americans in Michigan’s ...