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American Black Journal
36th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
Season 43
Episode 39
The largest free jazz festival turns 36 this year. Here to tell us more about the Festival are: Cornell Batie, Executive Vice President and COO; Chris Collins, Artistic Director; and Sharon Banks, Chair of the Board of Trustees. Plus, Ken Coleman remembers important moments in Detroit’s Black history. We also remember Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first black Congressman. Episode 4339.
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“Fat Ham” at Detroit Public Theatre and a conversation with actor Roger Guenveur Smith.

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Backlash against DEI, AACHM’s new home and the cost of housing’s impact on young voters.

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A conversation on the role of ministers who provide pastoral care during and after death.

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National Suicide Prevention Month, Caleb’s Kids and the Detroit Black Film Festival.

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“The Spirit of Justice” author Jemar Tisby and September is Black Reading Month.

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The “Black Church in Detroit” and education, National Black Business Month.

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A Preview of the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival

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BridgeDetroit’s Community Conversation, Detroit’s Poet Laureate, Collard Green Cook-off.

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James Baldwin exhibit at The Wright, Marygrove Campus Summer Fest, Downtown Boxing Gym.

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Detroit’s Black churches rally support after mass shooting and The Four Tops’ Duke Fakir.

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Maternal mortality rates in Michigan and United Way’s free Summer Discovery program.

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Meet Forgotten Harvest’s new CEO Adrian Lewis and a conversation on reparations.