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‘Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP’ documentary, The legacy of the NAACP
Season 53
Episode 8
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The Wright Museum celebrates its 60th anniversary, Teen HYPE presents new ‘Two Detroits’ play
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Episode 9
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Michigan COVID study, 2025 Women of Excellence Awards, Remembering Luther Keith
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Episode 11
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Black women’s influence in the church and community during the Great Migration
Season 53
Episode 12
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Funk music and its connection to Detroit, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd
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Episode 13
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Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program, Resurgence of Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion
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American Black Journal
‘Ruby - The Musical,’ ‘Confederates,’ Sphinx performance
Season 53
Episode 5
“American Black Journal” gets details on two theater productions arriving in Detroit that focus on the lives of African Americans: "Ruby - The Musical" and "Confederates." Host Stephen Henderson talks with the directors bringing these Black stories to the stage. Plus, watch a classical string performance from the Sphinx Competition's Senior Division first prize winner.
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Opera tenor George Shirley, Omega Psi Phi Detroit’s 100th and MEDF’s 30th anniversary.

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Ruth E. Carter’s Afrofuturism exhibit and Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Detroit performances.

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Blue Bird Inn jazz club, World Mental Health Day, social media and teens' mental health.

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The barriers of re-entry for the wrongfully convicted and The Yunion’s 20th anniversary.

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The impact of technology and artificial intelligence in the Black Church and Caleb’s Kids.

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DPS Community District/Black Reading Month

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The “Black Church in Detroit” explores the current state of civil rights 60 years later.

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Motown Records captures Dr. King’s speeches in Detroit, and a tribute to Motown’s legacy.

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Artist Brittini Ward unveils the inspiration behind the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival poster.

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Focus: HOPE’s seniors food program, Maria Rosario Jackson, Detroit’s Nigerian community.

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The Michigan Diversity Council’s annual summit and summer reading with Brilliant Detroit.

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Addressing the issues impacting African Americans today and advocating for change.