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A look back at current events, the arts and ‘The Black Church in Detroit’ in 2025
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Fighting food insecurity, a special caregiving report about planning for the future
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Radio personality Gerald McBride’s memoir, previewing "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History"
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Iconic hug photo from 1948 World Series, preserving the contributions of women jazz artists in Detroit
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Black Church in Detroit series examines Black presence in the Bible and “Faith in Detroit”
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Outlook for small businesses, Eccalon expands to Detroit, remembering Ron Teasley
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Empowering African American children, philanthropy’s role in Detroit’s growth
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“The Lion King” returns to Detroit Opera House, the late Rev. Jesse Jackson’s legacy
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Tyree Guyton of The Heidelberg Project, Detroit’s Black and Jewish Communities
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American Black Journal
Oral history project preserves the legacy of Detroit women in jazz
Oral historian Veronica Johnson partnered with the Detroit Sound Conservancy to create the Detroit Women in Jazz Oral History Project. The project digitizes and archives interviews with women in Detroit’s jazz scene. One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ talks with Johnson about the women who have shaped Detroit’s jazz culture and how their stories are being preserved.
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A pivotal moment in the history of baseball and the Detroit Women in Jazz Oral History Project.
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The mental health struggles of young African Americans and the challenges and rewards of caregiving.
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Ahead of the Movement Festival, we’re featuring conversations about Detroit’s techno scene.
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How United Way for Southeastern Michigan is helping feed families and more on caregiving.
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A Detroit workshop helps small businesses, and we’ll hear the personal stories of caregivers.
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How churches are tackling the affordable housing shortage and our first "Faith in Detroit" story.
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A preview of Bookstock and sitting down with this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence.
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Eliminating health disparities that put Black mothers at risk and a look at a caregiving event.
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Nonprofit works to improve Detroit neighborhoods and a talk on the state of education in Michigan.
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A look at an initiative that supports women preachers and church leaders.
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This year’s Kresge Eminent Artist, the relationship between Black and Jewish communities in Detroit.
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“The Lion King” is back and a look at civil rights leader Jesse Jackson’s appearance on ABJ in 2015.