Lewis Cass

The Legislature has adopted a resolution to replace a statue of Lewis Cass — whose legacy includes implementing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 — with one of the late Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.

For years, now Michigan Democrats have wanted to replace a Lewis Cass statue in the U.S. Capitol. Now they finally have consensus on the next statue: former Detroit Mayor, Coleman Young.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has formally dedicated a state office building with a new name that honors two civil rights pioneers.The former Lewis Cass…

It was 1823. The land of Michigan wasn’t yet a state. The indigenous people far outnumbered the white settlers. The Erie Canal hadn’t opened. The flood of…