Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
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The Guidance Center (TGC) celebrated six decades of service to the Downriver communities and all of Wayne County on Saturday, September 22nd at the Henry in Dearborn. The event brought out supporters, business leaders, community members and staff to relish in the success of the organization. TGC has helped thousands of individuals improve their health and well-being. Although the Guidance Center started as a Child Guidance Clinic, it was realized that when they servicing the child, you also need...
DETROIT, MI- The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History marked the 55th anniversary of the horrific church bombing that claimed the lives of four little African American girls and energized the civil rights movement, on September 8th. Dale Rich realized that many people didn't know that there were five young girls that fell victim to the blast. The surviving young girl was Sarah Collins Rudolph. It is widely thought that the church bombing was a retaliation for the Birmingham...
The Western Wayne County Branch of the NAACP has been energized as they focus on the 2018 elections. They are reiterating their message of the importance of voting within the cities that they serve. The focus area for the primary election was the city of Inkster. They held a candidate forum in May for the 13th District seat left vacant with the resignation of Congressman John Conyers, Jr. They partnered with the City of Inkster, Inkster Housing, Christ Temple, Inkster Chapters of Delta Sigma...
citizens we have the privilege of being able to select our officials. This American right was not granted, but earned. We have all heard or read stories about what it took to earn the right to vote. We must not forget. Many of our family members died and were beaten trying to earn the right to vote. (Watch the movie Selma if you don’t know about it) Our forefathers went through so much to earn their right to vote; whether is was taking an oral test, being spreth. Voting can be seen as an obligat...
DETROIT -- James Robinson, an enslaved veteran, preacher and author, was honored at an Independence Day memorial service at his gravesite at historic Elmwood Cemetery. Under the auspices of the Detroit Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) the service included a wreath laying along with a presentation by the Michigan Veterans Foundation color guard. Genealogist, photojournalist and African-American military researcher, Dale Rich spoke Me a Limb, Some Blood, and...
There is a new business in town! City Paint & Supply opened at 3920 W. Jefferson in Ecorse in April of this year. The owner, Jackie Brown, has had the entrepreneur bug for years. Her dream came true when she was able to open her business to serve the community. City Paint & Supply provides paint and great customer service to the community has quality one coat coverage interior or exterior paint. Their prices are low and their quality is high. They offer a variety of sheens and colors, with...
Over the last five years, you can’t turn on the news without hearing about someone being killed. Not that they died of some health condition, but that they died at the hands of another and in most cases it was by a gun shot. Is it the people, the situation or the availability of guns? From most media sources, it would seem that Black people are committing most of the killings. But many experts said that most people -- whether black or white -- are murdered by people in their own racial group, a...
The Telegram Newspaper is a unique Newspaper that is continuously reinventing itself. In 2008, we launched our first website. As things change and most importantly the way that people get their news change, we had to change too. Our new website is our fourth revision and it lots of bells and whistles. The new website has the same web address- www.telegramnews.net, but it is totally new. Subscribers can now read the news stories on their mobile unit, tablet or computer. It is social media...
Last month the Inkster Community Foundation hosted their Annual 'Maroon & White" Scholarship Luncheon. The event titled 'Beyond the Horizon was an opportunity to award scholarships to graduating students from schools in the neighborhood. The goal of the group is to 'Enhance the lives of youth and the community' in several ways. Four ways that they make a difference are; Providing Scholarships, Inspiring Life-Long Learning, Advocating for Educational Empowerment and Enhancing the Quality of...
The Downriver Delta Community Development Corporation (DDCDC) held its annual Legislative Breakfast on March 23, 2018. The event was held at the Melvindale Civic Center and included breakfast and an overview of the organization and its projects. The roughly 90 local residents who were in attendance responded positively to the event's guest speaker, Wayne County Executive, Warren Evans. Evans addressed the attendees on public service, the functions of government and the need for regional...
On Wednesday, March 28, many exceptional students attending Robichaud High School in Dearborn Heights, got a chance to express their concerns to local elected officials in the school library. The issues, chosen by the students for the event, ranged from peer pressure to school safety and included such topics as global warming, substance abuse, and school finances, among others. The event was an NAACP Forum titled "Let's Talk," and was held in conjunction with the NAACP of Western Wayne County...
