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The Blackburn riots occurred during the summer of 1833 in Detroit, Michigan. [1] They were the first race riots in the history of the city. The riots were spurred by the imprisonment of Thornton and Rutha Blackburn, an African-American couple that had escaped slavery in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1831. [1]
The Second Baptist Church of Detroit, a stop on the Underground Railroad, was organized by African Americans in 1836. [11] Freedom seekers crossed the Detroit River into Canada. [8] Michigan became a state in 1837, and the Constitution of Michigan banned slavery. [11] Henry Bibb, who freed himself from slavery, became a resident of Michigan in ...
The Algiers Motel at 8301 Woodward Avenue [7] near the Virginia Park district was a black-owned business, owned by Sam Gant and McUrant Pye. It was one of three motels in Detroit owned by Gant and Pye, the others being the Alamo, at Alfred and Woodward, and the Rio Grande, on West Grand near Grand River. [8]
A non-United States citizen is facing charges after a Michigan clerk claims they illegally registered to vote and cast a ballot in the 2024 election. International student arrested, charged for ...
Michigan teenager Elijah Goldman arrives at a Florida airport on Sept. 3, 2024, after being stuck for a year in Jamaica, where he said he was abused at a boarding school, but that his adoptive ...
A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927. Thompson, Julius Eric (1996). "An Urban Voice of the People: The Black Press in Michigan, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.
Monique Owens (born February 21, 1984 [4]) is an American politician and convicted criminal [10] [11] who served as the mayor of Eastpointe, Michigan from 2019 to 2023. She previously served on the Eastpointe City Council from 2017 to 2019 and was the first African-American to serve in either office. She was unseated in the 2023 mayoral primary.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a Michigan home invasion in which the perpetrators are believed to have gained entry by posing as utility workers. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, was ...