Detroit Public Television Honors Black History Month with a Variety of Programming Throughout February
Detroit Public Television is proud to celebrate Black History this February and all year...
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Detroit Public Television is proud to celebrate Black History this February and all year...
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American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of women in the Black church. Host Stephen Henderson discusses the issues impacting Black women in the church with two Detroit women ministers: Rev. Dr. Constance Simon of Fellowship Chapel and Rev. Dr. Remonia Chapman of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church.
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For Black History Month, Rev. Horace Sheffield III reflects on his father’s legacy, what it was like growing up with a front-row seat to the civil rights movement, and the influence early civil rights leaders had on him.
Read MoreFeb 2, 2023
Michigan’s AAPI community holds a local vigil for the victims of the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shootings. Stephen Henderson hosts a roundtable on Tyre Nichols death. ASALH President Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney shares the founding of Black History Month. Detroit-based sculptor Austen Brantley shares more about his exhibit “Musé,” and two upcoming projects. Plus, weekend events in metro Detroit.
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September is Black Reading Month Co-Founder Malik Yakini joins “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson to talk about the 43rd anniversary of the annual observance, why people should read Black writers, improving literacy rates, and how African Americans can understand their history and culture through stories written by Black authors.
Read MoreHamissi Mamba considered opening a second location of his restaurant in Ann Arbor. But a trip to Detroit’s East Warren-Cadieux area changed his plans.
A $500,000 appropriation from last year’s state budget will take the Detroit-based organization to Lansing and Flint.
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary for grooming and public rest and a pulpit to express joy, debate values and politics in a community that is affirming and safe.
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary for grooming and public rest and a pulpit to express joy, debate values and politics in a community that is affirming and safe.
Michael Cunningham II, a fierce advocate for bus riders and drivers in Detroit, has landed a one-bedroom apartment after nearly a decade of housing insecurity.
On World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists says some two dozen journalists have been killed so far this year, the vast majority of them dying in Gaza. At least 97 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since the start of the war. Nick Schifrin has a look at the life of our journalist in Gaza, cameraman and producer Shams Odeh.
An official with the U.S. Agency for International Development tells The Associated Press that humanitarian groups expect to have their part of preparations complete by early to mid-month.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Al Gore are among those who will receive the nation's highest civilian honor from the Democratic president at the White House on Friday.