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Home»Posts tagged with»Rosa Parks

Dozens of employment publication boxes illegally dumped near Detroit River

By Steve Neavling on September 8, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline  

Dozens of employment publication boxes illegally dumped near Detroit River

How’s this for a sign of the times?

Feb. 4, 1913: Civil rights icon Rosa Park is born

By Ken Coleman on February 4, 2014   History, On This Day  

Feb. 4, 1913: Civil rights icon Rosa Park is born

Parks will later move to Detroit and work as an assistant to Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

Wall built to separate white, black people near 8 Mile stays strong, colorful & relevant

By Steve Neavling on April 22, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Buildings, History, posts  

Wall built to separate white, black people near 8 Mile stays strong, colorful & relevant

When Emory moved into his modest home in northwest Detroit four years ago, he had no idea the six-foot concrete wall in his backyard was erected to keep people like him out.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman, the author of On this Day: African-American Life in Detroit, is a native Detroiter and former news reporter. He served on the Detroit Charter Revision Commission. He lives in Detroit with his wife, Kim Trent, and their son, Jackson Coleman.

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