AUTHOR NAME

Aaron Foley, editor at large

36 POSTS
0 COMMENTS

Jesse Jackson’s Detroit: How a Country Preacher Spent Six Decades in the Motor City 

As a young activist and a Black city mature together, an extensive travelogue tells a post-Civil Rights coming-of-age story  In February 1967, the Rev. C.L. Franklin was tasked with introducing Detroiters to a rising star whose name everyone...

Longtime North End Carry-Out Parks’ Old Style Bar-B-Que to Close After This Week 

Parks Old Style Bar-B-Que, a humble smokehouse in the North End that satisfied longtime customers’ appetite even as the neighborhood around it crumbled, quietly...

New Apartment Complex ‘The Garvey’ Proposed for Detroit’s West Side 

A new housing development could be coming soon to Dexter and Davison.  “The Garvey,” the proposed name for a multi-unit apartment complex slated for construction...

Southfield-Based IT Company is Moving its HQ to Detroit’s Jefferson Hub 

Apex Digital Solutions, a leading Microsoft Solutions Partner specializing in AI Business Solutions and Security, will relocate its headquarters to Detroit’s Jefferson Hub and...

‘Good Furs Make Warm Friends’: A History of Black Detroiters’ Decades-Long Love Affair with Fur 

The pending closure of Dittrich Furs isn’t just the end of a family business that’s been in operation for more than a century. It’s one of the last gasps of...

Op-ed: Mary Sheffield’s White Suit

Color has returned to the Detroit mayor’s office. And not just in the context you’re assuming. During Friday’s Investiture Ceremony, in which a full audience...

Latest news