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American Black Journal
Teach For America / Black Girls Code
Season 41
Episode 33
Only 8 percent of kids who grow up in low-income communities graduate from college by the age of 24. Teach for America’s mission is to make sure every child has a great education taught by passionate, knowledgeable teachers. We’ll see how this program is changing classrooms in Detroit. How do we get more African American women in the technology field? American Black Journal - Episode 4133
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The Wolverine Bar’s Barristers’ Ball, attorney Ben Crump and jazz drummer Brian Blade.

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‘The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit,” film, “Regeneration” Black cinema exhibit.

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Wayne State University’s Black men’s health symposium and the 20th annual Bookstock.

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Women in the Black Church | Full Episode

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A conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and an eight-year-old Detroit girl’s viral story.

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Detroit’s Neighborhood Vitality Index and Ruth E. Carter’s exhibit at the Wright Museum.

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Grow Detroit’s Young Talent summer jobs program and Detroit DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale.

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Two Detroit ministers discuss artificial intelligence’s impact on the Black community.

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Heart disease in Black women, The Carr Center’s new exhibit, and the NFL Draft in Detroit.

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American Black Journal explores Detroit’s impact on gospel music and Black spirituality.

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A new PBS “GOSPEL” docuseries, techno producer Carl Craig and violinist Nathan Amaral.

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Black Church leaders discuss the changing faith practices of young African Americans.