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Yosemite 2025
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‘Detroit to Gloryland’ takes local students back to Yosemite

Sascha Raiyn September 30, 2025

Detroit Outdoors has taken a group of students and teachers to Yosemite National Park for the second time.The Detroit to...

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Mackinaw Bridge scrap metal creations go global

Sophia Saliby September 6, 2025

Last Monday, tens of thousands of people walked across the Mackinac Bridge as part of an annual Labor Day tradition....

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Black and white photo of MLK delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
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Late Rev. Nicholas Hood on the March on Washington

Jerome Vaughn August 28, 2025

On August 28th, 1963, nearly 250,000 people from around the country marched to the Mall in Washington D.C, to hear...

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  • The Metro

The Metro: What our museums offer — and why the White House is clamping down on them

Sam Corey, The Metro August 14, 2025

The Trump administration wants American museums to be less critical of our history.  On Tuesday, the White House called for...

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The Metro: The Wright Museum celebrates 60 years

Tia Graham, The Metro August 12, 2025

Founder Dr. Charles H. Wright was well known throughout the city, having worked in the maternity ward of the Hutzel...

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Scenes from the 60th Cinco de Mayo Parade in southwest Detroit, May 4, 2025.
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The Metro: Cinco de Mayo celebrates resilience

Cary Junior II, The Metro May 5, 2025

The Mexican Patriotic Committee of Metro Detroit hosted its 60th annual Cinco de Mayo Parade on Sunday. Cinco de Mayo...

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An Egyptian musician on "Cairo Street," at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893.
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The Metro: Untold tales of Arab American life in metro Detroit

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 21, 2025

Some of the first Arabs came to Detroit by way of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The fair recreated far...

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A view of Main Street South from Ann Street in Ann Arbor, 1861/1862.
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CuriosiD: How did Ann Arbor get its name?  

Amanda LeClaire March 21, 2025

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, we answer...

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WDET marks 75 years of broadcasting with audio history

Natalie Albrecht February 21, 2025

As WDET celebrated the end of its 75th year last Thursday, News Director Jerome Vaughn unveiled an audio history project...

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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
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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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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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Detroit Evening Report: State legislators introduce bills to require inclusive history lessons in schools

Sascha Raiyn November 27, 2024

Democratic state senators introduced two bills on Tuesday that would require Michigan schools to teach more inclusive history lessons.Subscribe to...

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