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WAYNE COUNTY– On September 24, 2019, Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. With local elections happening in a few weeks, every eligible American voter should exercise his or her right to be heard at the ballot box this year and next. National Voter Registration Day is the right place to start by getting registered. That is why communities across the country are planning to use National V...
Serena Williams lost her bid for what would have been her sixth U.S. Open Singles title. It was the second straight year that Williams lost in the finals. But, with 23 Grand Slam tournament titles and a .850 career winning percentage, Williams legacy as the world's greatest tennis player was solidified a long time ago. "Serena Williams's legacy is sealed, whether or not she ever hits a tennis ball again," Tera W. Hunter, a professor of history and African American studies at Princeton, wrote in...
Today was the day the city has been waiting for. The Splash Park is officially open. Over a year and a half ago, Wayne County awarded River Rouge a $300,000 grant as part of its Community Development Block Grant and the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund demonstration project program to build a splash park in the city. The splash park was placed in an unused section of Memorial Park on Jefferson. The splash park is a welcome addition to the park that already includes a skateboard section, playland...
Sept. 11 anniversary Alexandra Hamatie, whose cousin, Robert Horohoe, was killed on September 11, pauses at the National September 11 Memorial on September 11, 2019 in New People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday as America marked the 18th anniversary of the worst terror attack on U.S. soil. "As long as the city will gius this moment, I...
LANSING -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer took aggressive action to protect Michigan kids from the harmful effects of vaping. These actions include making Michigan the first state in the nation to ban flavored nicotine vaping products. After her Chief Medical Executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, made a finding that youth vaping constitutes a public health emergency, Governor Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to issue emergency rules to ban the sale of flavored...
On Sunday, September 15, the National Congress of Black Women will celebrate its 35th annual brunch in the Thurgood Marshall Room of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. The non-profit dedicated to the educational, political, economic and cultural development of Black women, will also honor the 50th anniversary of Shirley Chisholm's election to Congress. "We in the National Congress of Black Women consider it an honor to tell the stories of Black women and to remember them at our...
State Representative Jewell Jones, along with along with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, and State Senator Betty Jean Alexander met with residents at a town hall in Inkster on August 26 to discuss issues of importance to seniors in the community. Also on hand for the meeting were Kari West representing The Senior Alliance, Denise Champagne representing the Inkster Aging Commission and representatives from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. N...
The National Newspaper Publishers Association began a series on the transatlantic slave trade. The series started in conjunction with the annual United Nations International Day of Remembrance. With the observance of the first African landing in America, some question whether it's the 400th or 500th anniversary. Historians point out that the 400th anniversary is the 400th year of the Anglo-centric history of Africans in the Americas. "Dating the history of Africans in North America to 400 years...
Wayne United hosted a street festival and concert in Inkster on Saturday August 17, taking over a portion of Inkster Road from Michigan Avenue to Avondale. The purpose of the event was twofold: to bring awareness of the upcoming 2020 Census, and to celebrate the transition from summer to back-to-school season, with The Inkster Task Force distributing free backpacks. Wayne United is an initiative of the Wayne County Executive's Office to promote diversity and inclusion throughout the county....
Lawmakers commemorated the 56th anniversary of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. In commemorating the speech - one of the major historic moments of the civil rights movement - lawmakers said the anniversary of King's remarks underline the need to rectify racial inequities and work to make political rhetoric more civil. "In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech at the #MarchOnWashington to nearly a quarter-million people. 56 years...
When news of a mass shooting breaks, Americans, glued to their televisions, shake their heads and wring their hands, asking, "What can be done?" According to National Public Radio (NPR), 17 states currently have Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO), also known as red flag laws in place, which allow for family members or law enforcement to petition a judge to remove firearms from the possession of someone deemed to be a risk to themselves or others, effectively preventing such tragedies. In...
United States Steel will temporarily lay off workers at its Great Lakes facility in Michigan in coming weeks, according to a filing the steelmaker made with the State of Michigan. In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed on August 5, the Pittsburgh-based company said it expects to let go fewer than 200 workers following its decision to halt production at the Michigan facility. In mid-June, the company said it would idle two blast furnaces at its Great lakes and Gary Works...
In 2013, Taylor resident Alex Garza knocked on over 15,000 doors, encouraging residents to vote for him in his bid for a seat on city council. At age 19, Garza won election, becoming the youngest person ever elected to serve on city council in the city's history. He did the job well and was re-elected in 2017. "I loved being on city council, it's something I really loved to do because it's so local," he says. Garza credits his successful entry into politics to being open and accessible to the...
On August 19, New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo. Pantaleo choked Eric Garner, 43, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island New York on July 17, 2014, after Pantaleo stopped Garner for selling loose cigarettes. The video of Garner begging for his life and repeating the words "I can't breathe" eleven times, catapulted the case into the national spotlight and made it an often-mentioned example of police brutality. Pantaleo was...
History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some "20 and odd Negroes" originating from Angola arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia as the first documented enslaved Africans to land in what is now the United States. This nation and its wealth was built through forced labor and the very existence of Black men and women. It's truly ironic that as this country celebrates 400 years of democracy, the Black community is still fighting for equal rights, justice and freedom. The century that followed...
Throughout history, Visger Road has been a lot of things. In a time years before my own Visger was a booming black metropolis. Both sides of the street teeming with business and productivity. 2019 has shown us a different narrative. Few businesses have stood times test. There is a building that sits between Frazier and Beechwood. The ominous, strong standing structure has been in tact for over twenty years. A ghost of the medical center it was in the past. Thanks to Yolanda King and her...
It is with great honor that we invite you to attend the 22nd Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, on Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 5:00pm – 8:00 p.m. (Seating will begin at 4:30 p.m.) at Prestige Banquet Hall located at 6600 Allen Rd in Allen Park MI. They are pleased to announce that Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II will be the Keynote Speaker. They are looking forward to hosting a spectacular evening, where they will fellowship with friends, recognize outstanding leaders from the communi...
Police around Michigan will be cracking down on drunk driving during the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. Here's the info from Michigan State Police: During the 2019 Labor Day holiday weekend, police departments, sheriff's offices and the Michigan State Police are encouraging motorists to celebrate the end of summer safely and make smart driving decisions. Law enforcement will continue to show zero tolerance for drunk and drugged driving during the three-week enforcement period August 14-Sept...
2 years after the start of the recession and housing crash, the ripple effects are still felt acutely across Detroit and Wayne County, members of a U.S. House subcommittee heard at a field hearing in Detroit on Friday. The issues are complex, but the numbers are stark: since the housing crisis began in 2009, Detroit has flipped from a majority-homeowner to a majority-renter city. That's due in large part to the wave of mortgage and property tax foreclosures that swept the city in the following...
BALTIMORE - The NAACP released the following statement in the aftermath of the fatal shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, which took the lives of 29 people in total. "We extend our deepest heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims of these tragic shootings. Those that lost their lives deserve better. We call on this current administration to use its resources to repair the moral fabric of this country instead of using divisive and inflammatory rhetoric to further...
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement on a data breach which exposed account information of over 100 million Capital One customers. "This data breach shows that it's not just big technology companies and credit reporting agencies like Equifax that are vulnerable to hacking and data breaches – big banks are vulnerable targets as well. As this is not the first incident in which Capital One...
In late August of 1619, approximately 20 Africans were brought to the shore of Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. All along the West and East coasts of the continent into the interior there was the consolidation of kingdoms, city-states and nation-states. Many of these civilisations are popularly known as Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Ile-Ife, Kongo, Ndongo in the west and central interior extending north and east into Nubia, Egypt, Axum, the Swahili Coast, Zanzibar, Mutapa (Zimbabwe), Zululand,...
The Vietnam War ended more than 40 years ago. Nearly 59,000 Americans gave their lives in the struggle, which was controversial and unpopular. For those families who lost a loved one, even for those who returned from the war, healing and closure can sometimes be elusive. But this month, Vietnam Veterans will receive honor as the Vietnam Moving Wall will be on display in Livonia's Ford Field beginning Thursday, August 8. The wall is expected to open to the public at noon and will remain open...
Residents and elected officials gathered outside the future location of the Leanna Hicks Public Library at 2500 Hamlin Street in Inkster this past Saturday for a ground-breaking ceremony. Attendees included members of the Inkster Library Board and Friends of the Leanna Hicks Library, Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen, County Commissioner Glenn Anderson, and family members of Leanna Hicks. Library Director Donna Sherrill says construction on the new library will begin early in August. The library's...
In late August of 1619, approximately 20 Africans were brought to the shore of Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, then a colony of Britain, having been captured by Portuguese colonisers in the Ndongo and Kongo kingdoms (in the vicinity of modern day Angola, Republic of Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo) and then stolen again en route to Vera Cruz on the coast of Mexico by British traders operating a warship flying a Dutch flag for the purpose of labour exploitation. After...
