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Elvin Jones plays drums wearing a shirt that says "Jazz Machine"
  • Culture & Music
  • Visions with Kaleigh Wilder

Visions: Black History Month Vol. 4

Kaleigh Wilder February 23, 2026

This is my final installment of Black History Month celebrations and selections on Visions. I couldn't possibly cover the pantheon of...

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An aerial view of Midtown Detroit.
  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: New senior living apartments being built in Midtown

Hernz Laguerre February 20, 2026

The City of Detroit and the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation celebrated the groundbreaking of the Greystone Senior Living Apartments...

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  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro

The Metro: Sacred Spaces highlights Black art galleries and institutions during Black History Month

Tia Graham February 17, 2026

Sacred Spaces is more than a tour,  it’s a celebration of cultural stewardship, collaboration, and the powerful role Black creatives...

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John Lee Hooker
  • Culture & Music
  • Live on WDET
  • Visions with Kaleigh Wilder

Visions: Black History Month Vol. 3

Kaleigh Wilder February 16, 2026

This episode of Visions is my third installment of Black History Month celebrations. This time I play a limited selection of...

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  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Black Leaders Detroit reaches out to developers

Bre'Anna Tinsley February 12, 2026

Non-profit organization Black Leaders Detroit is known for its mission to provide access to capital for Black entrepreneurs. Now the group is extending those services to developers...

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Black baseball players on the Detroit Stars team stand lined up on the field.
  • The Metro

The Metro: The pioneer who founded the Negro Leagues

Cary Junior II, The Metro February 12, 2026

Rube Foster was a pioneer in American baseball. His efforts in the early 20th century to organize Black baseball teams...

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  • Visions with Kaleigh Wilder

Visions: Black History Month Vol. 2

Kaleigh Wilder February 9, 2026

This episode of Visions features more celebrations of Black History Month. I span six decades and many subgenres within the...

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  • Visions with Kaleigh Wilder

Visions: Celebrating Black History Month

Kaleigh Wilder February 2, 2026

This week on Visions, I celebrate Black History Month with the creators, innovators, and current shapers of jazz. Since jazz...

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Iola Corbett holds up a copy of her book, "Growing Up Muslim"
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroiter Iola Corbett shares her journey through Detroit, meeting Malcolm X and becoming a union president

Nargis Rahman February 28, 2025

February is Black History Month and WDET’s Detroit Evening Report is collecting Black History stories from listeners.Iola Corbett, also known...

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Former Michigan Gov. George Romney and former Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh at the front of a 10,000-person march at Fort Street and Woodward Avenue in Detroit, in solidarity with the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.
  • The Metro
  • uncategorized

The Metro: 60 years since Voting Rights Act of 1965

Robyn Vincent, The Metro February 20, 2025

It’s been 60 years since a pivotal moment in the fight for equality in America.  In March 1965, Reverend Dr....

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Three boys, identities unknown, pose in front of a five and dime store in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, and Black Bottom neighborhoods, 1930s-1940s.
  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro
  • uncategorized

The Metro: Black history is Detroit’s history

Tia Graham, Trevor McConico, The Metro February 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Black History Month, and we want to recognize that Detroit...

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"Diversity & Freedom" by artist Marcel Stewart.
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  • News
  • The Metro

The Metro: Umoja Fine Arts hosting youth art workshops during Black History Month

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Tia Graham February 12, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Art in all its forms, from the written word to an...

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