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A&E’s ‘James Brown: Say It Loud’ doc explores a complicated genius
Detroit figures notably in the documentary, too
By Jim McFarlin
Tags: Television, Music, Television, Views & Opinions, James Brown, Motown, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Video
‘Sacred Spaces’ highlighting Detroit’s Black-owned art galleries returns for second year
This self-guided tour stretches across over 20 galleries events throughout Black History Month
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Arts, Arts Spotlight, Things to Do, Visual Art, Black History Month, Detroit art galleries, Black Detroit artists, Slideshow
Ibram X. Kendi kicks off Black History Month at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum
The NYT bestseller will discuss his adaptation of ‘Barracoon,’ the true-life story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade
Tags: Things to Do, Books, Critics’ Picks, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Black History Month, Ibram X. Kendi
Upcoming ‘BLACK’ exhibition at the Carr Center displays the diversity of Black artists in Detroit
The show will run through the end of February in honor of Black History Month
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Arts, Critics’ Picks, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Black History Month, Detroit artists, Detroit art, Black artists, the Carr Center, Slideshow
Detroit’s Irwin House Gallery gears up for Black History Month with John Sims mural and Ivan Quiñones II show
Quiñones tackles Kyrie Irving backlash in first solo exhibit ‘The Price of Speech’
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Irwin House Gallery, Black History Month, Detroit artists, visual art, John Sims, Ivan Quiñones II
Malcolm X's former Inkster home is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Tags: Michigan News, Malcolm X, Inkster, Black History Month
Motown legend Stevie Wonder is moving to Ghana because racism in America sucks
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Ghana, Black History Month, Oprah Winfry, Apple+, Video
Detroit's Carr Center to host free Thornetta Davis performance for Black History Month livestream
Tags: City Slang, Thornetta Davis, Detroit music, blues, Detroit Music Awards, Jeff Daniels, the Carr Center, Black History Month
The Supremes' co-founder and Motown trailblazer Mary Wilson dies at 76
Tags: City Slang, Motown, Mary Wilson, the Supremes, Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Black History Month, Video
Michigan GOP candidate for governor is a Black man who wants to cancel Black History Month
Tags: News Hits, Black History Month, Austin Chenge, Michigan, Whitmer, 2022, Trump, Black Lives Matter
The Scarab Club is celebrating Black History Month for the first time with a show by Detroit artists
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Scarab Club, Black History Month, Detroit, Black artists
Iconic Detroit artist Charles McGee has died
Tags: Charles McGee, Detroit, art, Black History Month, Black artists
Black and Mobile food delivery service promotes Detroit restaurants during Black History Month
Tags: Black and Mobile, Black History Month, Moor Herbs, Le Petit Dejeuner, The Jamaican Pot Mid Town, The Jamaican Pot 8 Mile, Yum Village
Do you remember Detroit's Black power murals? A U-M prof wants to know!
Tags: The Scene, Detroit, Black power, murals, Black History Month, William "Bill" Walker
In search of Detroit’s lost walls of dignity, freedom, and pride
By Jeff Huebner
Tags: Visual Art, Detroit, Black History Month, murals, Cover Story
'Hairarchy' celebrates natural hair at Detroit's Norwest Gallery of Art
Staff Pick
Tags: The Scene, Norwest Gallery of Art, natural hair, Detroit, Black History Month
MSU apologizes over display of Black dolls hanging from a tree in gift shop
By Steve Neavling
Tags: News Hits, Racism, Michigan State University, Black History Month, gift shop, apology
Cobo Center will no longer be named after a racist mayor
Tags: News Hits, Cobo Center, Detroit, black history month
How adult nights at Detroit’s roller rinks are keeping Black skating culture alive
By Imani Mixon
Tags: Culture, Detroit, roller skating, Black History Month, Cover Story
White Detroit Police officer reassigned after taunting young black woman in Snapchat video
Tags: News Hits, Snapchat, Detroit Police Department, Black History Month
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Pot-friendly Michigan music venue scales back programming
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit