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A look back at current events, the arts and ‘The Black Church in Detroit’ in 2025
Season 54
Episode 1
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Fighting food insecurity, a special caregiving report about planning for the future
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Episode 3
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Radio personality Gerald McBride’s memoir, previewing "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History"
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Episode 5
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Iconic hug photo from 1948 World Series, preserving the contributions of women jazz artists in Detroit
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Episode 6
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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
Season 54
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
Season 54
Episode 12
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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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Detroit Federation of Teachers/Generation Found | Episode 4609
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"American Black Journal" invited their roundtable back for a frank conversation about the agenda for President Biden, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s release from prison and the rollout of COVID vaccines.
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Former Flint mayor Karen Weaver offers her thoughts on the charges against governor Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis.
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Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence talks about the attack on the U.S. Capitol that left her fearing for her life.
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Advice on what small businesses can do now to survive the pandemic.
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Taking a look back at 2020 and some of the guests who joined "American Black Journal" in the year, including civil rights activist Al Sharpton, Detroit police chief James Craig, and actors Hill Harper and CCH Pounder.
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The mayor of Pontiac talks about the economic changes in her city and the cutting edge technology that’s keeping residents informed during the pandemic.
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Celebrating the holidays with a show all about jazz. Singer Joan Belgrave talks about Detroit’s jazz legacy and the music of her late husband, Marcus Belgrove.
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Michigan’s chief medical executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, talks to Stephen about COVID cases, the impending vaccines, and when we could see a sense of normalcy return to our lives.
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A look at what’s being done to include the voices of Michigan’s African American women on the nation’s political agenda.
