FIFTY years ago on Sunday the Detroit uprising began. Five days of violence left more than 1,400 buildings burned, more than 7,000 people arrested and 43 people dead — 33 African-Americans and 10 whites.
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The Deep Detroit roots of Shahida Mausi – Michigan Chronicle
When Shahida Mausi says her roots are in Detroit, she can make that claim with more authority than many Detroiters; her family has been in the Motor City for 100 years this year. Meaning since before the Motor City was even the Motor City.
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36 Hours in Detroit – The New York Times
In the ever-evolving city of motors and Motown, a weekend of art, food and exploration, with a side of history.
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So many Black Businesses, so Little Clout: In a Majority Black City, Detroit Black Business still lags
“At the end of the day the data hasn’t changed that much. The gaps haven’t changed that much,”…
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Can Detroiters afford the New Detroit?
The question, as Councilperson Mary Sheffield sees it, is not whether rapid development in and around downtown Detroit is a good thing for the city, because after so many years of drought, few would argue that this newfound desire to build big and beautiful things in Detroit is a bad idea. Detroit could use some big and beautiful things. Small ones too.
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The Best Black Business District in Detroit?
When most of the national media talks about Detroit’s comeback, they normally focus on two areas, downtown or Midtown.
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Detroit Not Interested In Rebranding
A group of young leaders in the city of Detroit agreed at the Michigan Chronicle’s “Pancakes and Politics” speaker’s forum at the Detroit Athletic Club that the city does not need rebranding.
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Working to Avoid Foreclosure: City of Detroit to hold Property Tax Assistance Fair
The City of Detroit, in an effort to ease some homeowners’ property tax burden and prevent the threat of foreclosure, will host a Property Tax Assistance Fair.
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Palmer Park Art Fair Celebrates the Old and Focuses on the New
This year’s Palmer Park Art Fair “celebrates the old, while focusing on the new.” The fair had been a popular annual event in the 1970s and was revived three years ago.
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[DETROIT] Nicholas Hood Sr. was a Bridge Builder
The late Nicholas Hood Sr. was dedicated to creating a city where racial unity was possible. His historic 1965 election to the Detroit Common Council was as magical as it was masterful. Hood died on Sunday. He was 91.
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