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.

Civil rights monument unveiled in Detroit reflects on voting rights struggle

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.

Judge struck down Michigan’s gay marriage ban 10 years ago

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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