Pistons Legend Rick Mahorn and the Detroit Pistons Invite High School Seniors to Compete For $50,000

Fifteen high school seniors from Detroit will compete in a poetry slam in front of more than 300 fellow classmates, teachers…
02.07.19
Detroit Music Hall wants your artifacts for its 90th

Ninety dazzling years of the Music Hall for the Performing Art’s history are now on display and ready to welcome…
02.07.19
AT&T Announces Believe Detroit Initiative to Increase Opportunities for Detroit Youth to Succeed

AT&T is expanding its efforts to help Detroiters connect with opportunities to succeed through its Believe Detroit initiative. The $500,000…
02.07.19
Cole Centennial Part I: The founding of Detroit’s oldest black-owned funeral parlor

The history of the James H. Cole Home for Funerals dates back to 1856, when James Henry Cole I arrived…
02.09.19
Motown legend Lois Holden celebrates her 109th birthday

Tamla Records was founded 60 years ago in Detroit by songwriter and budding music executive Berry Gordy Jr. The following…
02.06.19
Detroit Pistons recognize Focus Hope CEO Portia Roberson

The Detroit Pistons and corporate partner Crown Royal will honor prominent African-American leaders in the Detroit community during each of…
02.04.19
Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program sees over 5,000 applications started in first 24 hours

Detroit’s summer youth employment program, ‘Grow Detroit’s Young Talent’ has seen over 5,000 applications started in the first 24 hours.…
02.04.19
Detroit Public Schools’ Last MANN Standing: Honoring DPSCD’s Evelyn Mann After 43 Years of Service

After forty-three years of service, a matriarch in education is calling it quits.  With the energy tantamount to her younger…
01.30.19
New Bethel Baptist Church asking for $350K for a mural of C.L. and Aretha Franklin

Today would have been Rev. C.L. Franklin’s 104th birthday. His former church in Detroit, New Bethel Baptist Church, wants to honor…
01.22.19
Hiram E. Jackson addresses lack of black leadership in the City of Warren

WARREN, Mich. – When you enter the Warren City Hall building, an orange, protruding wall reads “Warren City Leaders.” Beneath…
01.22.19
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