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American Black Journal
Every School Day Counts / Clifford Worthy
Season 47
Episode 19
The Every School Day Counts Detroit campaign is part of a national initiative to combat chronic student absences, which tend to peak after spring break. Plus, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and her father Clifford talk with Stephen Henderson about Clifford's new autobiography detailing the segregation and other struggles he experienced at West Point and in the Army.
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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.
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A conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and an eight-year-old Detroit girl’s viral story.
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Black religious music’s influence and the 17th annual Silence the Violence march.