Detroit 1967

Mayor Coleman A. Young will soon be the first Black man represented (in statue form, of course) at the Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Detroit city historian Jamon Jordan took us on a deep dive into Young's life, work, and political legacy.

Plowshares Theatre Company returns to the stage with the world premier of Hastings Street, a musical "set on the cusp of change in Detroit." We speak with the writer and composer of the musical, and we hear from the director of Plowshares about the company's return to in-person theatre.

Jamon Jordan is an educator and a historian, and has been telling Detroit's story for a long time. Now the city has named him its own official City Historian.

It's been an historical election year shaped by an ongoing pandemic, as well as a summer surge of protests against police brutality and racial injustice.…

Today on Stateside, it's Election Day! We spoke with the clerk of Kent County about what voting looks like in a swing district that always delivers…

Today on Stateside, we spoke with the reporter who broke the story about a Michigan 15-year-old who was sentenced to juvenile detention for missing…

In 1971, the Detroit Police Department launched the S.T.R.E.S.S unit, an acronym for “Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets.”The unit was eliminated…

This week marks the 51st anniversary of the riots that broke out in Michigan during the summer of 1967.While the uprising in Detroit is the most well…

When a rebellion exploded in Detroit on July 23, 1967, cities around Michigan watched as bullets flew, windows were smashed, and buildings burned.Two days…

Today marks the 51st anniversary of the 1967 uprising in Detroit. What some call a rebellion, some a riot, left 43 people dead and thousands of buildings…