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Season 43
Episode 15
It was 25 years ago when Detroiter Carole Gist made history as the first black woman to win the Miss USA Pageant. She joins us to talk about that groundbreaking moment and her advice for young women hoping to follow in her footsteps. Also, Kim Trent takes a look back at black life in Detroit. Plus, McDonald’s is calling on local high school students to show off their creativity. Episode 4315.
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The Wolverine Bar’s Barristers’ Ball, attorney Ben Crump and jazz drummer Brian Blade.
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‘The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit,” film, “Regeneration” Black cinema exhibit.
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Wayne State University’s Black men’s health symposium and the 20th annual Bookstock.
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Women in the Black Church | Full Episode
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A conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and an eight-year-old Detroit girl’s viral story.
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Detroit’s Neighborhood Vitality Index and Ruth E. Carter’s exhibit at the Wright Museum.
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Grow Detroit’s Young Talent summer jobs program and Detroit DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale.
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Two Detroit ministers discuss artificial intelligence’s impact on the Black community.
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Heart disease in Black women, The Carr Center’s new exhibit, and the NFL Draft in Detroit.
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American Black Journal explores Detroit’s impact on gospel music and Black spirituality.
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A new PBS “GOSPEL” docuseries, techno producer Carl Craig and violinist Nathan Amaral.
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Black Church leaders discuss the changing faith practices of young African Americans.