The Numbers Racket: One Woman’s Story of the Illegal Street Lottery in Detroit
Novelist and professor Bridgett Davis will share the story of her mother, who ran an illegal street lottery in Detroit for more than thirty years. Fannie Davis’s numbers operation provided a middle-class lifestyle for her family, but it was built on a risky foundation: an illegal gambling racket she managed to keep going despite constant law enforcement scrutiny and challenges from rivals.
A book signing will follow this program in the courtroom. Pre-order your signed copy of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers.