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A Conversation with Kevyn Orr

Season 42 Episode 9
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A Conversation with Dave Bing

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Walt Douglas: The Activist Entrepreneur

Walt Douglas: The Activist Entrepreneur

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Detroit's Entertainment Roots

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Detroit's Talented Youth

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American Black Journal

Tuskegee Airmen / Freedom House

Season 42 Episode 8

Today on American Black Journal, a special honor for the country’s first African-American Military Pilots. We’ll talk with two members of the Tuskegee Airmen about a top gun competition that’s making headlines 64 years later, Plus, a Detroit shelter is offering hope and freedom to refugees seeking legal asylum in the United States and Canada. Episode 4208.

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Details about Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program and the resurgence of Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion.
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