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Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, died this week in Detroit at the age of 81.
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Digital tools, which allow people to show one another what’s going on in their lives in real time, have shifted how Americans talk about police brutality…
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It's been an historical election year shaped by an ongoing pandemic, as well as a summer surge of protests against police brutality and racial injustice.…
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For many Michiganders, summer used to mean a stop at Boblo Island. Trips to the amusement park island on the Canadian side of the Detroit River ended in…
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This weekend, American Girl unveils its newest doll. Her name is Melody Ellison., and she’s from 1960's Detroit.In developing the doll, American Girl…
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This week, violence and race have hit us in a way many of us have never seen.Violence and race, though, are not new. The Detroit Journalism Cooperative…
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Leni Sinclair’s camera captured the music scene of Detroit in the ‘60s and ‘70s even as she played a seminal role in the growing countercultural movement…
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the confrontation between civil rights marchers and Alabama State Troopers known as Bloody Sunday.Retired teacher…
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Wayne State University plans to issue its first-ever posthumous honorary degree to slain Detroit civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo.Liuzzo was murdered by…
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Rosa Parks is widely known as a civil rights icon. Many of us can pull up that image of her sitting on a bus gazing out the window, her eyes fixed on…