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Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts
Sunday, April 30, 2023

One of first African-American Marines celebrates 100th birthday

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Lee Newby Jr. of Detroit, one of the first African-American Marines, was honored by state lawmakers during a celebration of his 100th birt...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Former Rep. John Conyers dies at 90

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Former Rep. John Conyers, a longtime Michigan Democrat who represented parts of Detroit for more than 50 years before his resignation in...
Wednesday, June 05, 2019

NAACP TO HOST 110TH NATIONAL CONVENTION IN DETROIT

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NAACP to Highlight 110 Years of Civil Rights History, and the Current Fight for Voting Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Opp...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Ben Carson's name may be removed from a high school in his hometown of Detroit

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Ben Carson's name may be stripped off a high school in his hometown because he's become 'an affront to Detroit' since jo...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

Will you go see "Detroit"?

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The Kathryn Bigelow directed Detroit is now in wide release. The movie focuses on a police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in a multi-da...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Two girls make history on Detroit high school's debate team

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Tamara Morrison and Tiera Colvin are members of the debate team at University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. They are the first team ...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Killer of Renisha McBride sentenced to 15-30 years in prison

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[ SOURCE ] The Dearborn Heights homeowner convicted last month for shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride to death last fall was sentenc...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Life without water in Detroit.

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Literally thousands of citizens in the city of Detroit have had their water cut off for non payment. This has happened while corpora...