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Today on Stateside, we hear from two Catholics who have been pushing for changes in their dioceses in response to the allegations of sexual abuse by…
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What is lost when an urban area is “renewed?”That’s the question being asked by an exhibition called “Black Bottom Street View,” on display at the Detroit…
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Today on Stateside, what you need to know about the thousands of white-collar GM workers losing their jobs today. Plus, a recent study finds that firearms…
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It’s Black History Month and the Cheers! team of Tammy Coxen and Lester Graham have a cocktail recipe used by America’s first celebrity bartender, Cato…
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For six years now, the Detroit Unity Temple has held a quilt exhibit in February. Many of the quilts – but not all – are tributes to African-American…
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Researchers at Michigan State University are gathering every scrap of information they can to develop a huge database on the African slave trade…
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The Great Migration was one of the most significant population shifts of the 20th century. In the 1930s and 1940s, African-Americans migrated out of the…
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It was an electrifying moment at last week's Golden Globes when Oprah Winfrey put the spotlight on a black woman from Alabama named Recy Taylor. In 1944,…
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As Timothy Douglas gave his cast some advice before a recent rehearsal, giggles broke out when he mimicked one of the characters. Douglas laughed along…
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The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame welcomed its latest group of honorees late last year.Among the five contemporary honorees was Olivia Letts. She was the…