Editing Southfield, Michigan (section)

====African Americans====
{{see also|History of the African Americans in Detroit}}
In 2002 Southfield had 42,259 black people, the second-largest black population in [[Metro Detroit]] and third-largest in Michigan.<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAAp8>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf African Americans in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072805/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf |date=November 9, 2013 }}." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072805/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf Archive]) Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. February 2002. Working Paper Series, No. 8. p. 8. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.</ref>

As of 2011, many African Americans from Detroit were moving into Southfield and other suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties. Tensions have occurred between existing middle-class blacks in Southfield and incoming Detroiters.<ref>Dawsey, Darrell. "[http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/02/housing_crisis_in_metro_detroi.html Housing crisis in metro Detroit creating black class tensions in Southfield]." ''[[MLive.com]]''. February 28, 2011. Retrieved on February 18, 2014.</ref>