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A thriving African-American neighborhood once stood in Lansing's I-496 corridor. A new documentary called "They Even Took the Dirt" shows what life was like before the highway came to town.
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The story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad was recently turned into the biographical film “Harriet”. The film, which chronicles Tubman’s…
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Michigan State University sociology professor Carl Taylor, Ph.D was 17-years-old when disturbances broke out in his Detroit neighborhood on June 23, 1967.…
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It wasn't sweet music that brought Martha Reeves to the microphone at the Fox Theatre that day in July 1967; it was brutal reality.Detroit was burning.…
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Michigan is the only state that includes a prohibition on the death penalty in its constitution. Eugene Wanger was a young Republican delegate to the…
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The city of Lansing is commemorating an important event in labor history this weekend. On June 7th, 1937, businesses and factories in the city were shut…
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Opera house billed as Michigan's oldest completes renovation. An opera house billed as Michigan's oldest is reopening after a $6 million, yearlong…
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Francine Hughes, the Dansville woman who killed her abusive ex-husband 40 years ago in what came to be known as the “Burning Bed” case, has passed…
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UPDATE: The former Francine Hughes has died in Alabama at the age of 69. See related story.Forty years ago Thursday, Francine Hughes of Dansville entered…
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When you think of the great women of history, your mind probably goes to people like Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks. These are women who’ve…
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In the nineteenth century, Woman's Exchanges formed a national network that created economic alternatives for financially vulnerable women in a world that…
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The Hall of Fame will host its next induction ceremony in a brand new location. In April, the organization will move out of the historic Cooley-Haze House…