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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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America has had a long history of turbulent race relations. It took nearly a century of struggle after the Civil War to tear down the Jim Crow laws that…
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Sandra Clark is director of the Michigan Historical Society. She met in 2016 to speak with Peter Whorf about the Michigan 102nd Regiment. Their…
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Speakers at Black History Month lectures are usually historians or historical figures. On Thursday, MSU’s “Slavery to Freedom” lecture series turns…
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Economist Lisa Cook shares insights on the historical impact of oppression on innovation, particularly on African American inventors.During Black History…
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Fifty years ago today, the U.S. space program suffered a terrible loss. Three astronauts -- Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee -- died in a fire…
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A Michigan company is auctioning a handgun once owned by gangster Al Capone. Current State’s Kevin Lavery has the story.In the 1920s, Al Capone built a…
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It's been 75 years since the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One of those fallen sailors grew up in mid-Michigan, and his final act of…
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A baseball signed by Henry Ford was discovered in a New Jersey couple’s attic. Along with Ford’s signature were signatures of some other Ford engineers…
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Current State talks with author Kevin P. Keefe about his book on the Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive in Owosso.The Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive in…
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This week, the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame will induct a new class of honorees. We’ll talk with the Hall’s Caitlyn Dial about the class of 2016.Tomorrow…