The Metro: Black Bottom Archives celebrate 10 years
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many Black Americans moved to Detroit during the Great Migration....
The Metro: Black Bottom Archives celebrate 10 years
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many Black Americans moved to Detroit during the Great Migration....
Detroit Evening Report: Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, others
On his last day in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the...
The Metro: Black film history treasures coming to Livonia
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly suggested that the benefit event was being held at the Redford...
The Metro: Celebrate Buffalo Soldiers history at Rouge Park blues festival
The Detroit Parks Coalition's Freedom Arts Festival is celebrating the Buffalo Soldiers on Saturday at Rouge Park with a family-friendly...
The Metro: New book takes historical look at how Black Americans envisioned utopia
For many Black Americans, the idea of religion intersects with freedom in a complicated way. Enslaved Africans came to this...
Created Equal: Detroiter’s new memoir details Black roots of country music
Detroit music and the people who make it are often associated with soulful, funky and bluesy sounds. But very rarely...
The Metro: Roger Guenveur Smith brings acclaimed solo performances to the Wright
The Charles H. Wright Museum is hosting a series of carefully curated lectures by both nationally-recognized and local performers. The...
The Metro: New historic marker remembers the Algiers Motel, Detroit Rebellion of 1967
A new historic marker will be placed at the former location of the Algiers Motel, which was the site of...
Created Equal: Examining the Black-white wealth gap in America
Typical Black families in the United States have 15 cents on the dollar compared to typical white families, according to...
Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’
In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...
Whitmer signs bill designating May 2 as ‘Negro Leagues Day’ in Michigan
State Rep. Helena Scott (D-Detroit) celebrated Juneteenth this year by showing up at a historic ballpark, watching as her bill...
Created Equal: The legacy of Juneteenth, nearly 160 years later
Juneteenth marks our nation's second independence day — when the last of America's slaves were freed by executive decree. Though...