IDLEWILD, Mich. (AP) — A sheriff has donated $2,000 from returnable cans and bottles for improvement projects at Idlewild. It served as a major summer resort for African Americans in Michigan’s ...

IDLEWILD, Mich. — The traffic along US 10 blows right by a dirt-road entrance. But a newly built brick marker proclaims, optimistically, “Welcome to Idlewild, a historic community.” This dirt road — ...

LAKE COUNTY -- Once known as "Michigan's Black Eden," the Idlewild Resort in Lake County's Idlewild has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The resort, a former haven for blacks ...

Images from Michigan’s historic Idlewild resort are striking for their depictions of Black people vacationing and having a good time during a period in history where sociopolitical conditions made it ...

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 ...

Tiny Idlewild wants to be Michigan's comeback story. And state and federal governments seem intent on making that happen in the historic community tucked away in the Manistee Forest. The Lake County ...

Since the mid-1920s, Ann Hawkins has summered on an idyllic oasis in northwestern Michigan called Idlewild, once known by some as the Martha’s Vineyard of the Midwest, but for well-to-do black folk.

IDLEWILD, Mich. – 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. Today, ...

The Hotel Casa Blanca, a significant landmark in Idlewild has been designated as one of America's Most Endangered Historic Places. Built by Black architect Woolsey Coombs, the hotel served as a haven ...

The nation’s first Black prosecuting attorney was elected in Northern Michigan close to 75 years ago and on Friday his lasting legacy was honored in Lake County. Percy J. Langster was elected in ...

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 ...