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Home»Posts tagged with»Speech (Page 2)

Read entire speech by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on May 17, 2013   City Council, City Government, Featured Stories, Government, posts  

Read entire speech by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Detroit

Read the entire 30-minute speech of Louis Farrakhan speaking at a Detroit City Council meeting.

Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan told black Detroiters to reclaim “our city”

By Steve Neavling on May 17, 2013   City Council, City Government, Development, Government, Headline, posts, Urban Renewal  

Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan told black Detroiters to reclaim “our city”

“Suppose that the 500,000 blacks in Detroit decided this this is our city, this is our home, and we are not going to let buzzards take it from us,” Farrakhan said to thundering applause.

Nation of Islam Leader to speak at Detroit City Council meeting Friday; public invited

By Steve Neavling on May 15, 2013   City Government, Development, Featured Stories, posts, Urban Renewal  

Nation of Islam Leader to speak at Detroit City Council meeting Friday; public invited

Farrakhan is in town looking for potential buildings and properties to purchase as a way to help reignite the local economy.

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his first “I Have a Dream” speech at Cobo Hall in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on January 21, 2013   History, posts  

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his first “I Have a Dream” speech at Cobo Hall in Detroit

It’s hard to imagine what Martin Luther King Jr. would think of Detroit today – 50 years after his famous “March to Freedom” speech in front of 250,000 people.

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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.

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