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MLK Day at The Wright, 1963 Walk to Freedom, Jit Masters

Season 51 Episode 2

Stephen Henderson gets an update about what's ahead for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History's celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Detroit historian and Michigan Advance reporter Ken Coleman talks about this summer’s 60th anniversary of the 1963 Walk to Freedom in Detroit. Plus, the Jit Masters perform the Jit, the upbeat Detroit dance style from the 70s.

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