You might know Eisner Award winning comic book author Saladin Ahmed from writing the Marvel comics “Ms. Marvel,” “Black Bolt” and “Miles Morales: Spider-Man;” or maybe you’ve read his original series “Abbott,” a supernatural mystery set in 1970s Detroit.
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Detroit caucus to court: Don’t make Blacks ‘sacrificial lamb’ of redistricting
Michigan Supreme Court hears oral arguments over racial composition of new districts. Makers of the maps say minorities don’t need to be in majority to elect candidates.
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American Black Journal – Prison Ministries in the Black Church
Host Stephen Henderson continues American Black Journal’s “The Black Church in Detroit” series with the 12th installment exploring the role and services provided by Black churches in Detroit for incarcerated men and women, and their families, as well as exonerated former inmates re-entering society.
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Overtaxed Detroiters expect to be repaid
Despite rising home prices and stabilizing taxable property values, Detroiters who lost homes to tax foreclosure – or who have struggled to pay – say they still want reparations for past overassesments.
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One Detroit – Albert Kahn, Heidelberg Project, Pandemic Performances, Matt Watroba
As part of Detroit Public Television’s documentary “Detroit Designs the World,” we transport back to the Detroit before it became the auto capitol of the world to look at the radical design decisions architect Albert Kahn (1869-1942) took when crafting some of Detroit’s most famous buildings.
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Ex-Catholic school in Detroit gets $7.2M renovation, transformed into affordable housing
A $7.2 million renovation has turned a former Catholic school in Detroit’s Banglatown neighborhood into housing.
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Nonprofit looks to help Detroiters get furnace repairs after summer flooding
Through a $250,000 grant from the A.A. Van Elslander Foundation, the nonprofit is looking to help Detroiters in hard-hit areas around Jefferson Chalmers make crucial furnace repairs and link residents to resources.
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One Detroit – Detroit’s Diverse History
Detroit’s rich history of boxing around the city has produced numerous champions including Joe Louis, Thomas Hearns and Hilmer Kentry to name a few.
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Here’s what police plan to do about surge in Detroit sexual assaults
Detroit saw a surge in sexual assault cases during the pandemic, and police expect the number to continue to increase as they ask more survivors to come forward. Police are also allocating more resources to the Special Victims Units and improving outreach to the community, but some say more needs to be done.
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American Black Journal – Current Events Roundtable, Remembering Sidney Poitier
American Black Journal Host Stephen Henderson leads a wide-ranging roundtable discussion around some of the biggest current events catching headlines in the new year.