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Miss Black America Pageant winner Ashley Myatt (photo courtesy of Shootworks/free photos). In a dazzling celebration of Black beauty, talent, and achievement, Michigan’s Ashley Myatt was crowned Miss Black America on Saturday night at the historic 55th-anniversary pageant. The glamorous event unfolded at the former House of Blues venue within the Showboat Resort Atlantic City. […]
In an interview with Providence College published Feb. 1, actor Hill Harper said: “Through arts, I could impact social justice movements, and I wouldn’t have to get as political, but I could do it artistically. I’m not sure that’s the case anymore because people have hijacked politics.” Harper, 56, currently considering a run for the […]
Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty It’s no secret that the fall of Roe v. Wade has profoundly affected the lives of millions of people across the United States. We constantly face new accounts of women and young girls whose lives and futures hang in the balance because of a lack of proper access to abortion […]
Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis of Michigan was confirmed on Tuesday to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit with a bipartisan U.S. Senate vote. She is the first African American woman from Michigan, and the second African American woman in history, to serve on the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit […]
On Dec. 2, 1922, civil rights champion Charles Diggs, Jr. was born in Detroit. Diggs holds the distinction of being the first African American in Michigan history to be elected to the U.S. Congress. At age 31, he joined fellow Black Democrats William Dawson of Chicago and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. of New York City […]
After months of preparation, public input and a long wait for updated U.S. Census data, Michigan’s independent redistricting commission will now begin the process it was created to do — draw political district maps for the state’s Congressional, state House and state Senate districts. The U.S. Census Bureau released the population data required to draw […]
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