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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Michigan. It includes both current and historical newspapers. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known such newspaper in Michigan was The Venture of 1879, followed in 1883 by the Detroit Plaindealer .
Soon after Dunbar moved from its home on Frederick, Charles Diggs Sr., who was later the first African-American Democratic state senator, purchased the home. [3] Diggs's son, Charles C. Diggs Jr., served in the Michigan State Senate from 1951 to 1954 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1954 to 1980.
African-American history of Michigan (4 C, 21 P) This page was last edited on 12 January 2024, at 00:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Petersburg is a city in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,171 at the 2020 census. [2] At 0.49 square miles (1.27 km 2), Petersburg is the second-smallest city by land area in the state of Michigan, after Clarkston.
Founded to show that separate but equal educational institutions for African Americans were viable, and that racial integration, mandated by Brown v. Board of Education, was unnecessary. Closed shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; nominally merged with St. Petersburg Junior College (today St. Petersburg College). Guadalupe College
The following is a list of United States cities, towns, and census designated places in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is non-Hispanic African American/Black alone as of the 2020 U.S. Census.
★ No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census ★ No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census ★ CDP dissolved prior to the 2010 U.S. Census ★ For the 2010 census, the CDPs of Carol City, Andover, Bunche Park, Lake Lucerne, Norland, Opa-locka North, and Scott Lake merged to form the city of Miami Gardens
From 1787 to 1868, enslaved African Americans were counted in the U.S. census under the Three-fifths Compromise.The compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the counting of slaves in determining a state's total population.