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Marcus Garvey, 1924.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, others

Sascha Raiyn January 21, 2025

On his last day in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the...

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"In the Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper in WDET's studios in Detroit.
  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Songs of the Civil Rights movement, protest & resistance

Ryan Patrick Hooper January 21, 2025

This is a mini-but-mighty In The Groove, because we lost some of the show to special coverage of President Donald...

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An exterior view of the Algiers Motel and Manor (also known as the "Annex"), the location where three young Black men were killed and seven other people were badly beaten by law enforcement during a raid prompted by reports of armed gunmen near the location.
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  • Racial Attitudes
  • The Metro

The Metro: New historic marker remembers the Algiers Motel, Detroit Rebellion of 1967

Sydney Waelchli July 24, 2024

A new historic marker will be placed at the former location of the Algiers Motel, which was the site of...

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Lodi Township is located in Washtenaw County, just southwest of Ann Arbor.
  • Community & Quality of Life
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  • Racial Attitudes

Civil rights group files federal lawsuit against Lodi Township on zoning for houses of worship

Nargis Rahman July 5, 2024

The nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations - Michigan chapter filed a federal lawsuit against Lodi Township on behalf of Masjid...

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African American Laborers on the U.S. Military Railroad in Northern Virginia
  • Created Equal
  • News

Created Equal: How did the Civil War change the workplace for Black Americans?

Madison Ganzak June 10, 2024

Black Americans searching for employment during the Civil War is not something we often think about.Massachusetts was known as a...

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Wayne State’s Department of Anthropology has been working with the nonprofit Project We Hope Dream & Believe (PWHDAB) since 2021 to restore the once-home of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
  • News
  • The Metro

The Metro: Malcolm X’s Inkster home receives Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation

The Metro May 13, 2024

Malcolm X is known for his activism for civil rights, including championing Black empowerment along with being a spokesman for...

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Michigan Supreme Court
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan Supreme Court allows ‘indirect retaliation’ workplace lawsuit

Rick Pluta May 13, 2024

The Michigan Supreme Court delivered a precedent-setting ruling Friday that allows civil rights claims alleging indirect workplace retaliation. The lawsuit...

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The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.
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  • Created Equal
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Created Equal: Lawsuit claims local government buildings violate disability rights 

Created Equal April 10, 2024

Imagine how the world would look and feel if you just could not get around very easily. That is the...

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“The Gateway to Freedom,” an international monument to the Underground Railroad by artist Ed Dwight, sits along the bank of the Detroit River in Detroit.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroit Today: Forgotten tales of the Underground Railroad

Detroit Today October 12, 2023

The City of Detroit, with its close proximity to Canada — where slavery was abolished in 1833 — played a...

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Members of the public voice concerns during a Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's public hearing at TCF Center in Detroit, Oct. 20, 2021.
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • Elections
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Detroit Evening Report: Federal trial will challenge metro Detroit legislative districts

Tia Graham October 4, 2023

A group of Detroit voters and former legislators are suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and members of the Michigan...

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From left, relatives of Sarah Evans and Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Jettison view a 7-foot-tall granite monument commemorating Evans and her friend, Viola Liuzzo on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 at Viola Liuzzo Park in Detroit. Liuzzo was a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights March.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • News
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroit Today: The meaning behind monuments in America

Detroit Today September 29, 2023

This week, a 7-foot monument honoring Viola Liuzzo – a local mother and activist killed by KKK members for marching...

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Black and white photo of MLK delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • CultureShift

CultureShift: Celebrating 60 years of MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

Tia Graham August 28, 2023

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and one of the most recognizable...

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