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City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks Adrian: Afro-American Journal and Directory: 1895 [1]: 1895 [1]: May have only published one issue. [1]Ann Arbor
Before World War I, Detroit had about 4,000 Black people, 1% of its population. In the 1890s, journalist and founder of the black paper, Detroit Plaindealer, Robert Pelham Jr. and lawyer D. Augustus Straker worked in Detroit and throughout the state to create branches of the National Afro-American League.
He was the Editorial Page Editor and a columnist for the Detroit Free Press from 2009 to 2017. [8] Henderson has hosted the daily talk show "Detroit Today" on WDET since 2015, and he hosts the weekly talk show "American Black Journal" on Detroit Public Television and co-hosts the news show "MiWeek" on Detroit Public Television.
At the Piquette Avenue Plant, which opened 120 years ago in 1904, Ford and his employees planned and built the first versions of the Model T. Because the vehicles were made by hand, workers only ...
In 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, 734 Black workers died while working — largely in transportation accidents, homicides or exposure to harmful substances or environments ...
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United Auto Workers members hold a rally in Detroit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The UAW is conducting a strike against Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. (Paul Sancya / AP)
The Detroit Police Department at the time was 93% white, [2] [3] of whom 45% working in black neighborhoods were considered to be "extremely anti-Negro" and an additional 34% were "prejudiced". [4] The riot began after police raided a black-owned business that hosted a " blind pig " (illegal bar), during a party to celebrate the safe return of ...