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Attorney Sues Grosse Pointe Shores for BLM Sign Ticket is Targeted With Hate Mail

An attorney who sued Grosse Pointe Shores over his Black Lives Matter sign is now on the receiving end of racist hate mail, which...

The Privilege In White Privilege!

Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President, Detroit Branch NAACP  “He’s in desperate shape. He’s going to burn it all down, sow more chaos and division because...

Governor Whitmer Proclaims January Human Trafficking Awareness Month 

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed January 2021 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Michigan and released a video asking people to educate themselves on how they can...

Congresswoman Tlaib, Dr. Cornel West, Others Seek Justice for Detroit Homeowners

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dr. Cornel West, and the Rev. Dr. William Barber II will be featured in a #BlackHomesMatter movement, which seeks to end...

Resistance and Resilience: The Carr Center, Local Filmmakers Address Black Injustices for a Better Tomorrow

Krisilyn Tony Frazier directed the film Justice in Motion Photo provided by Juanita Anderson     It took over four minutes.   In those four minutes and 14 seconds short...

This is 2020: The Heart of What Matters to Us

This was 2020. A year of political upheaval and social justice activism, along with a pandemic that didn't quit -- but guess what? We...

Spread a Little Love to Black Immigrants With Teach-In + Holiday Card Writing

On International Migrants Day, December 18, join several organizations, including Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Daily Kos as they send love and care to detained...

The People’s Justice Guarantee: The Woman Behind the Movement, Ayanna Pressley Presses Forth on Criminal-Legal Reform

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) is not shy when it comes to speaking her mind, especially when other people's lives are on the line. That is...

Detroit Philanthropist William Pickard Creates five scholarships in WSU School of Social Work

Successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and Detroit leader William F. Pickard, is reaching within and pouring outward. He is pledging $250,000 to support scholarships in the...

She Helped Her Get Across: Lucille Bridges, Mother to Ruby Bridges, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 86

Lucille Bridges, the mother of an iconic Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds yelling racist insults as...

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