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She died after lifelong push to gain reparations for Blacks, effort continues in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCivil rights leader and former Detroit City Council member JoAnn Watson championed a route to social...
Op/Ed: As distrust in SCOTUS grows; Roberts must employ values he learned in LaPorte.
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe annual report of payments received by justices on the Supreme Court is surprising and troubling....
Unsung Detroit heroes: 2 Martin Luther King Jr. marches possible
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoNearly 60 years ago, on Aug. 28, 1963, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history was...
Former Utah Rep. Chris Cannon dies
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFormer Utah Rep. Chris Cannon, who served in Congress for 12 years, has died. Cannon died Wednesday at the age of 73, his brother confirmed to the...
Huckaby: Speaking engagement at Athens church reminiscent of pre-pandemic gatherings
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOnce in a great while we get so accustomed to doing the things we do in life that we just go through...
Today in History: November 30, actor Paul Walker dies in Porsche crash at age 40
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Nov. 30, 2013, actor Paul Walker star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died with his friend, Roger W. Rodas, who was at the wheel of a Porsche sports car that crashed and burned north ...
Detroit's 910 AM Superstation abruptly changes formats, lets hosts go via email
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWFDF-AM, better known in Detroit as 910 AM Superstation, has abruptly switched its format from local...
Radio station in Detroit fires Black hosts, cancels shows
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWFDF 910 AM Superstation was primarily marketed to Black listeners and had been referred to as...
Eighty people died in Waco after an FBI standoff gone wrong. Here’s how it became a rallying cry for...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThirty years ago, a 51-day confrontation between law enforcement and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians...
Ex-Macomb County Public Works commissioner Anthony Marrocco reports to federal prison
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnthony Marrocco used to be one of Macomb County’s most feared politicians. Now, the former...