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Race riot, Lansing, Michigan.
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Aug
7
1966
Singer Stevie Wonder born
Singer Stevie Wonder born Steveland Judkins in Saginaw,Michigan.
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May
13
1950
First President of the National Negro Bowling Asso
The National Negro Bowling Association was organized in Detroit, Michigan and Wynston Brown became its first president.
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Aug
20
1939
Trump said a second coronavirus outbreak will not stop the economy
President Donald Trump, who acknowledged there could be a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic later this year, stated he wouldn’t let a second outbreak stop the
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Cornyn Speaks with Floyd Family, Calls for Bipartisan Reforms
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Tim Hall | Assistant Director | Berklee College of Music
Tim Hall is a musician, educator, and entrepreneur from Detroit, Michigan. He came to Berklee after receiving his Master of Education from Iowa State University in 2013 and is the coowner of a music and film production company called HipStory.
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Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing
Six Klansmen arrested in connection with the bombing of ten school buses in Pontiac, Michigan.
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Sep
16
1971
Robert Duncanson
Robert Duncanson, painter, suffered a severe mental breakdown and ended his life on this day in the Michigan State Retreat in Detroit.
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Dec
20
1997
Judge Damon J Keith Continuing the Crusade for Justice and Empowering Communities
In a career that spans nearly fifty years, the Honorable Damon J. Keith, who is a Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, is continuing to build on his legacy with the release of his first ever biography, Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon
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Race Riot in Michigan
Race riot, Benton Harbor, Michigan. National Guard mobilized.
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Aug
30
1966
Black Lives Matter demands police to be defunded by nearly $10 million
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Pastor Darrell Scott Claims Once Again That Trump is the ‘Most Pro-Black President in my Lifetime’
Pastor Darrell Scott, one of President Trump‘s biggest supporters, has stated that the president “has been the most pro-black president in my lifetime,” according to
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Louis Stokes born
Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.
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Feb
23
1925
Gov. Whitmer Announces Process to Safe and Equitable Reopening of Schools
The panel – which will be comprised of students, parents, frontline educators, administrators and public health officials – will be tasked with providing the COVID-19 Task Force on Education within the State Emergency Operations Center with recommendations on how to safely, equitably, and
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5 Ways to Reduce Quarantine Anxiety
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More than 40% of Detroit ICU patients with coronavirus died
Nearly half of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in Detroit, Michigan, infected with the novel coronavirus died, a new study
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Mayor Duggan Appoints Former Chief Justice Conrad Mallett as Deputy Mayor
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Donald Trump goes without mask at Michigan Ford plant despite company request
Donald Trump defied requests from company executives and was called a “petulant child” by a state attorney general when he refused to wear a face mask during a visit to Michigan, a battleground state where he has repeatedly clashed with the Democratic governor, and on Thursday used a speech to urge
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Oden, Ron (1950- )
Ron Oden is the first African American and the first openly gay man to hold the office of Mayor of Palm Springs, California. Born on March 21, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, Oden attended Oakwood College (now University) in Huntsville, Alabama where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History, Sociology
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Mar
21
1950
Man arrested because face recognition can’t tell Black people apart [VIDEO]
ACLU Calls on Lawmakers to Immediately Stop Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology
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Pickett, Wilson (1941-2006)
Soul Singer Wilson Pickett was born on March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, as the fourth of eleven children. Throughout his childhood, he sang in Baptist church choirs and was trained as a gospel singer. During this period, he began to develop a soulful tone and style that would eventually
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16
2006
Harris, Everette “E” Lynn (1955-2009) - Birthday
New York Times bestselling author Everette “E” Lynn Harris was born June 20, 1955, in Flint, Michigan.
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Jun
20
1955
Out of Control riots
Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were
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Jul
23
1967
Green, Draymond Jamal, Sr. (1990- )
Draymond Jamal Green, Sr. is a professonal basketball player with the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently playing with the Golden State (California) Warriors.  Green was born on March 4, 1990, in Saginaw, Michigan to Mary Babers and Wallace Davis. Green was raised by his
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Mar
4
1990
Hemp, CBD, Marijuana: What’s the Difference? | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Although Colorado, Washington, Florida, California, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Illinois and District of Columbia have made the recreational use of cannabis legal, the federal government still considers it an illegal
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Accountability and action during the COVID-19 pandemic
The racial disparity data for Pinellas County paints a bleak picture: Blacks are 3.85 times (2.37 times in Hillsborough County), more likely to be COVID-19 positive than
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Black Woman Dies In Holding Cell Near Detroit, State Police Investigating
According to ClickOnDetroit.com, officials said Priscilla Slater, 38, was found unresponsive in a holding cell around 12:35 p.m. by Harper Woods Department of Public Safety
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Screenwriter With a Black Animation Screenplay That Rivals the Movie "Sing" is Seeking Representation
Nationwide — Leon Fowler, who has been writing for over 30 years, has come up with a screenplay for a major motion picture animation for children of color (something rarely seen in Hollywood) that will rival the highly successful movie
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Webb, Veronica (1965- )
Veronica Webb is an African American model, actress, writer, and television personality. Webb was the first African American to have a major cosmetics contract when she signed with Revlon in 1992. Webb also appeared on the covers of Vogue, Essence, and Elle magazines and had the opportunity to be
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Feb
25
1965
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy Jr. is the founder of Motown Records, the first black owned music label in the U.S. He was born on November 28, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy. He had seven other siblings and was the seventh of his eight siblings. He is a descendent of a white
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Nov
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1929
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