Detroit PBS - American Black Journal

As local nonprofits adjust their strategies, many worry about how to maintain their services with less support from Washington. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Markel and Roberson about how these cuts are impacting programs, services and staffing for local nonprofits. 

Families, faith leaders, law enforcement, youth advocates and other supporters gathered on Detroit’s eastside recently for the 18th annual Silence the Violence march and rally.

Host Stephen Henderson talks with Mix 92.3 FM gospel radio host Dr. Deborah Smith Pollard and Wayne State University Assistant Professor Dr. Brandon Waddles. They trace gospel music’s deep roots and its continuing influence in popular culture.

John Conyers III is honoring his late father, John Conyers Jr., with a new book that provides both a personal reflection and a historical portrait of Michigan’s longest-serving Black Congressman.

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will commemorate Juneteenth with a full day of events on June 19 that celebrate freedom, culture and community in Detroit.  

For Mental Health Awareness Month, host Stephen Henderson leads a discussion with Bishop Mbiyu Chui of Shrine of the Black Madonna, Rev. Jonathan Betts Fields of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, and Karra Thomas from the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), as part of American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series.

For the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, the watershed moment represented the opportunity to embark on a mission of linking spirituality to racial healing.