The History of Struggle in America in Defining Race and Society
The word "patriotism" is often used in the context of abiding by the status quo, indicating an element of...
Author Discusses Her Time in and out of Prison
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET Putting your life back together after serving a term in prison is not easy, as we’ve heard...
12th and Clairmount Shows Scars And Signs of Hope
Editor's note: Pat Batcheller originally filed this report in 2007. It has been updated. Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The intersection of 12th...
Head Start Programs Looking for Staff
Detroit’s largest early childhood learning program is looking for help. The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and Head Start plan...
1967 Was Decades Before They Were Born
With the 50th anniversary of the civil disturbance in Detroit happening this year, we've been hearing a lot of oral...
Teen Poets on 1967: “I taste fire in these streets.”
As Detroit wraps up this week commemorating the events of 1967, WDET wanted to bring you the voices of some youth...
How Significant was the 1968 World Series after the 1967 Uprising?
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor & Urban Affairs In 1968 the Detroit Tigers won the World Series. It...
Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967
Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...
When Sports, Race, and Politics Collide
San Jose State University In fraught times, we, as human beings, often turn to a great relief from our woes...
How Can White People Be Better Allies in Racial Justice?
Jake Neher/WDET What can "woke" white people do -- if anything -- to promote racial justice in America? A lot,...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “It seems like fewer of us make it now.”
In 1967, Bill Williams was a teenager living with his extended family not far from the intersection of 12th Street and...
Before 1967, Black Nationalism Was Taking Root in Detroit
Editor's note: Nkenge Zola produced this report for WDET. It aired in 1997. When Detroit police raided an after-hours night...