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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Detroit heard King's dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.

Detroit's early 'I Have a Dream' delivery makes Martin Luther King Jr. Day a call to service, exemplified by Alpha Kappa Alpha's ongoing community work.
fromDetroit PBS
1 month ago

The History of Detroit's Famous Coney Dog | One Detroit - Detroit PBS

Erik Smith: The iconic brands of Detroit. Now, wait a minute, this is Highland Park, so why start here? Well, the city of Highland Park is in the city of Detroit, after all, and this is where Henry Ford built his iconic Model T, the very first affordable car for the working man. And the guys working there, of course, had to eat something. So, when the Coney Island hot dog came along, boy, it made a real splash.
Food & drink
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Rosa Parks' vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene

Racist policies—covenants, redlining, urban renewal, predatory lending, and tax administration—systematically blocked Black homeownership and wealth despite economic gains.
Arts
fromPortland Mercury
5 months ago

Theater Review: Portland Playhouse Tells a Story of Community Displacement as Noir

Paradise Blue depicts a 1949 Detroit jazz club threatened by a planned highway, exposing tensions among owner Blue, displaced Black community members, musicians, and newcomer Silver.
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