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Iola Corbett holds up a copy of her book, "Growing Up Muslim"
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroiter Iola Corbett shares her journey through Detroit, meeting Malcolm X and becoming a union president

Nargis Rahman February 28, 2025

February is Black History Month and WDET’s Detroit Evening Report is collecting Black History stories from listeners.Iola Corbett, also known...

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Former Michigan Gov. George Romney and former Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh at the front of a 10,000-person march at Fort Street and Woodward Avenue in Detroit, in solidarity with the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.
  • The Metro
  • uncategorized

The Metro: 60 years since Voting Rights Act of 1965

Robyn Vincent, The Metro February 20, 2025

It’s been 60 years since a pivotal moment in the fight for equality in America.  In March 1965, Reverend Dr....

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Three boys, identities unknown, pose in front of a five and dime store in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, and Black Bottom neighborhoods, 1930s-1940s.
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  • The Metro
  • uncategorized

The Metro: Black history is Detroit’s history

Tia Graham, Trevor McConico, The Metro February 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Black History Month, and we want to recognize that Detroit...

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"Diversity & Freedom" by artist Marcel Stewart.
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  • The Metro

The Metro: Umoja Fine Arts hosting youth art workshops during Black History Month

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Tia Graham February 12, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Art in all its forms, from the written word to an...

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A crowd dances in Rivera Court at the DIA
  • Culture & Music
  • Events
  • The Metro Events Guide

The Metro Events Guide: Where to celebrate Black History Month in Detroit this weekend

Sophia Jozwiak February 6, 2025

This week, we're kicking off Black History Month with several ways to celebrate, from dance parties to museum exhibitions.Plus, watch...

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Confederates written by Dominique Morisseau at Detroit Public Theatre from February 6th through March 16th
  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro

The Metro: Detroit Public Theatre’s latest production explores history in conversation with the present

John Filbrandt, Tia Graham, The Metro February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at the Detroit Public Theatre, the new stage play “Confederates”...

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Exterior of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit
  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro

The Metro: Black history is celebrated year round at the Charles H. Wright Museum 

The Metro, Cary Junior II, John Filbrandt February 4, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Charles Wright Museum of African-American History is one of the...

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Salakastar
  • Culture & Music
  • The New Music Show

‘The New Music Show’ celebrates Black History Month with Salakastar, Ian Finkelsein, more

Shigeto February 26, 2024

This week on The New Music Show with Shigeto, we’ll celebrate Black History Month through a lens of “Afro Presence,”...

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Red, green, gold and black graphic that reads, "Celebrate Black culture always, the Carr Center"
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

The Carr Center’s Black History Month programming highlights esteemed Black artists

Tia Graham February 15, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, The Carr Center in Detroit's museum district is hosting a wide array of activities...

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a Black woman in a stylish gray sweater poses in front of the WDET logo
  • CultureShift
  • Jobs & the Economy

All Things Marketplace celebrates small Black-owned businesses in Detroit

Tia Graham February 10, 2023

All Things Marketplace in Corktown is like the Black-owned, small-business equivalent of Amazon. Founded by Jennyfer Crawford-Williams (of popular branding...

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school hallway lined with red lockers and white brick
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Education

How is Black history actually taught in American schools?

Detroit Today February 18, 2022

It’s Black History Month — a time many Americans take to reflect on the contributions of African Americans as well as...

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jamon jordan city of detroit historian
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroit historian Jamon Jordan offers fuller picture of city’s past that goes beyond cars and Motown

Detroit Today February 11, 2022

Ever year, February is celebrated as Black History Month. Jamon Jordan is Detroit’s first official historian with a focus on...

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