Charles Diggs Jr. was the first African American in Michigan history to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Ken Coleman
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When opportunity begins at a barber shop
The Green family launched the Michigan Barber School, a city institution, in 1946. The school teaches a trade with a ‘future’ and has served generations of Detroiters.
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Freedom is something to be celebrated
Detroit’s growing embrace of Juneteenth is a throwback to freedom-inspired activism of the city’s past.
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Detroit’s ‘godmother’ of retail and culture
A retailer in Detroit since the 1970s, Zana Smith has carved out a place for herself in Detroit history as a cultural visionary and entrepreneur who made it at a time few survived.