Freedom Enterprise, xiii, xiv (Forest Club)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02615
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xiii, xiv.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: bar; bowling alley; club / theater / entertainment venue
Principal: Forest Club (Forest Club Bowling Alleys)
Mentions: Wilson, William Nathaniel "Sunnie" (Sonny, Sonnie)
Location: 700 E Forest Ave
Transcript: Forest Club. Located at 700 East Forest Street at the corner of Hastings, this club became a popular spot for nightlife entertainment in the Paradise Valley neighborhood. It was established in 1941 by Sunnie Wilson, a transplant from South Carolina. The Forest Club spanned the entire block and had a banquet hall, a dance floor, a two-level roller-skating rink, twenty-six lanes for bowling, and a famous 107-foot-long bar.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiii, xiv (Forest Club)

Detroit Black Business