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    Detroit Public Theatre’s Holiday Cabaret, Kwanzaa 2024 at The Wright Museum
            
                
                    
                        Season 52
                    
                
                
                    
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            Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, Homelessness Awareness Month
                
                    
                        
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            Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, the first Black woman and youngest member to serve on the state's highest court, talks about her election victory and addressing systemic barriers for African Americans and women. Plus, for Homelessness Awareness Month, we’ll look at the current state of homelessness in metro Detroit with Pope Francis Center and Detroit Phoenix Center.
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            The connection between faith and politics and how Black churches are helping to get out the vote.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The economic climate's effect on entrepreneurs and a conversation with PolicyLink CEO Michael McAfee
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden and Homelessness Awareness Month.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Easter season in the Black church and a conversation with jazz bassist Ron Carter.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            We’re looking at caregiving in the African American community.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            A big year for Detroit’s WGPR-TV 62 and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            A look at the Detroit Black Film Festival and chronicling one woman’s breast cancer journey.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            2025 Kresge Eminent Artist, Carl Craig’s “All Black Vinyl” series and journalist Al Allen.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan’s Spirituality and Race initiative and foster care in Michigan.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The evolution of African American religious music and a rally to end gun violence.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            “The Spirit of Justice” author Jemar Tisby and September is Black Reading Month.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            A conversation with the head of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and two of this year’s musician