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American Black Journal
The District Detroit / WGPR-TV Historical Exhibit
Season 44
Episode 16
We talk with the head of a minority firm selected to support the Ilitches’ new District Detroit project to ensure Detroit-based and minority businesses receive ongoing opportunities surrounding the project. Plus, native Detroiter and entertainment host Shaun Robinson comes home to help launch a museum exhibit about the first black-owned TV station in the country – Detroit’s WGPR-TV. Episode 4416.
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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.

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ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day, African World Festival and jazz artist Sky Covington.