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A look back at current events, the arts and ‘The Black Church in Detroit’ in 2025
Season 54
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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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Episode 8
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Outlook for small businesses, Eccalon expands to Detroit, remembering Ron Teasley
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Episode 9
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Empowering African American children, philanthropy’s role in Detroit’s growth
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Episode 10
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“The Lion King” returns to Detroit Opera House, the late Rev. Jesse Jackson’s legacy
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Episode 11
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Tyree Guyton of The Heidelberg Project, Detroit’s Black and Jewish Communities
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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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Host Stephen Henderson explores the role of Detroit’s Black churches throughout history.
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Detroit’s Black political representation, and how MSU is healing after a mass shooting.
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Black History Month at The Wright, Sphinx Organization 25th anniversary, Njioma Grevious.
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A roundtable reaction and response to the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols.
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Detroit’s Black churches champion education, and a ceremony honoring first responders.
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‘American Black Journal’ celebrates hip hop's 50th birthday locally and nationally.
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A $6 million grant for Wayne State and conversations from Detroit Policy Conference 2023.
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MLK Day celebrations, the 60th anniversary of the Walk to Freedom, and the Jit Masters.
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A look at some of the stories and conversations from “American Black Journal” in 2022.
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Host Stephen Henderson talks with three local pastors about the Black Church in 2023.
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Comic author Saladin Ahmed, Soul Studio’s holiday market, and Artlab J’s winter gala.
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Covenant House Michigan’s 25th anniversary and Michigan Judge John A. Murphy retires.