My Name Is Gary

I was born in 1906 on the shores of Lake Michigan, Indiana. I was a steel town. They called me the Magic City, the City of the Century. But I was one of the most segregated places in America. In 1968, I saw here the first elected US black mayor. Then, something called the “white flight” and I became a black city. Today they say that I am a ghost town. But I am still alive and my name is Gary.

In the presence of Blandine Huk and Frédéric Cousseau.

With DETROIT OVERTURE