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Michigan COVID study, 2025 Women of Excellence Awards, Remembering Luther Keith
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Black women’s influence in the church and community during the Great Migration
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Funk music and its connection to Detroit, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd
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The Jackson Home at The Henry Ford, Black Leaders Detroit’s 2025 Ride for Equity
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‘Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP’ documentary, The legacy of the NAACP
Season 53
Episode 8
This week on American Black Journal: Preview the American Experience documentary titled "Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP.” Plus, American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with NAACP Detroit Branch President Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony and Executive Committee Member Heaster Wheeler about the legacy of former NAACP leader Walter White and the role of the NAACP past and present.
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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.

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New sickle cell disease treatments, a trauma camp for returning citizens and DJ Drummer

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Detroit Police Chief James White discusses the city’s 2023 decrease in violent crimes.

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Wayne State’s tribute to Dr. King, United Way for Southeast Michigan’s Racial Equity Fund.

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American Black Journal’s thought-provoking conversations and notable guests from 2023.