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Detroit Postal Service commemorates the Underground Railroad with new ‘Forever’ stamps
Detroit was a major part of the secret network of freedom seekers
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Education, News, Things to Do, Detroit history, Detroit figures, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, The Detroit Postal Service, Detroit events, things to do in Detroit, Underground Railroad, Slideshow
Mario Moore tells Detroit’s Underground Railroad history in new exhibit ‘Midnight and Canaan’
See the Detroit artist’s hyper-realistic paintings at David Klein Gallery until Nov. 5
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Mario Moore, David Klein Gallery, Underground Railroad, Detroit artist, Detroit painter, Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture
Birmingham cemetery could join National Underground Railroad Network
By Alex Washington
Tags: Historical Landmark, Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Underground Railroad
Duggan appoints Detroit’s first historian to highlight African Americans’ contributions to the city
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Jamon Jordan, Detroit, history, Mayor Duggan, arts, culture, Rochelle Riley, race, Underground Railroad, Paradise Valley
Damage to Underground Railroad monument in Detroit worries activists
Tags: Hart Plaza, Detroit, slavery, Detroit River, Gateway to Freedom International Memorial, monument, vandalism, Underground Railroad, Michigan Underground Exploratory Collective
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Pot-friendly Michigan music venue scales back programming
By Lee DeVito
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit