Southfield is a upper middle class African American community. The median family income is $75,860, making Southfield one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States. Southfield is one of the Detroit metro area's most desirable residential communities.
Southfield is home to over 10 outstanding colleges, universities and trade schools, including Lawrence Technological University, one of the nation’s "top 40" institutions specializing in engineering, architecture and business. Southfield is also Michigan’s undisputed business center, with more office space than the central business districts of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis or Kansas City.
Dinner with Barack: Two Teachers, an Army Veteran, a Small Business
Owner, and The President
Four Obama 2012 supporters had the chance to sit down for dinner with President Obama:
Juanita from Colorado, Ken from Arizona, Casey from Minnesota and Wendi from Indiana. They all
brought their stories and ideas for this campaign and our country. Juanita, a retired public
school teacher, shared her concerns on public education. The President shared what a typical
day in the White House looks like for him, how he does Halloween with his family, and how his
father impacted him.
African American's on the
Internet (PEW Research Center, Wikipedia, Internet)
Over 17,000,000 million Facebook Friends
Over 3.3 million Mocospace Members
Over 7,000,000 milion Twitter Followers
Over 6.9 million Zynga Players
Top three Artists have over 2.5 Billion YouTube downloads