American Black Journal is a window into American history through the lens of Black history and topics that impact African Americans today. For more than 50 years, “American Black Journal” has featured through-provoking and community-focused stories about African American arts and culture, youth and urban issues, Black business and entrepreneurship, racial injustice, and more.
Our Host
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Stephen Henderson is the current host of American Black Journal, WDET’s Detroit Today and former Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial page editor of The Detroit Free Press. A Detroit native, Henderson is a graduate of University of Detroit Jesuit High School and the University of Michigan. He has worked previously as a reporter, editorial writer and editor at the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune and the Knight Ridder Washington bureau, where he covered the Supreme Court from 2003-2007. Henderson’s work has been honored with more than a dozen national awards, including for work that is published in the book, “Best Newspaper Writing 2001.” In 2014, Henderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Follow him on Twitter: @SHDetroit.
Our Producer
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American Black Journal is produced by Daphne Hughes. Hughes is a former News Manager and Producer/Writer at WDIV-TV and Senior Communications Specialist at Mort Crim Communications, Inc. She has produced several television programs, including a half-hour Detroit Public Television show focusing on The Skillman Foundation’s “Good Schools in Detroit” initiative and a 13-part series on the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, which aired on WDIV.