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FILE - People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marking MLK Day in Washington, Jan. 16, 2023.
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Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office

Associated Press January 20, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he...

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Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison (right) joins Viola Liuzzo Park Association President Artis Johnson and Elaine Steele, co-founder of Raymond & Rosa Parks Institute and family members in unveiling the new monument.
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Civil rights monument unveiled in Detroit reflects on voting rights struggle

Bre'Anna Tinsley September 17, 2024

The landscape of voting in Michigan has evolved significantly, with expanded early in-person voting, enhanced absentee ballot tracking, and permanent...

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Marsha Caspar and Glenna DeJong with Frizzy. They were the first same-sex couple married in Michigan on March 22, 2014, after a federal judge struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Judge struck down Michigan’s gay marriage ban 10 years ago

Rick Pluta March 25, 2024

It was 10 years ago Friday that the first same-sex weddings took place in Michigan. That was one day following...

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