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Stories Portrayed in 'The Help' Are True to Life
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley, writing about The Help, says that proud black women who kept white people’s homes and raised white children had no reason to be ashamed. I so wanted to read the book that I accidentally bought it twice — when it was first published and again when Viola Davis began…
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Death of Detroit Activist Leaves a Void
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley mourns the loss of Eleanor Josaitis, a housewife-turned-activist who recently passed away. Eleanor Josaitis is gone, and she has left more than big shoes to fill. She has left a void on the landscape of Detroit. She has left a hole in the fabric of this city. But as…
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Detroit and the City of Brotherly Love
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley envisions Detroit’s future during a walk through Philadelphia’s past. PHILADELPHIA — You get a feel for a city by how it treats its center, its history. You get a feel for a city by how its people walk and talk and how they treat strangers and each other. As…
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Detroit Activist Becomes Official
Rochelle Riley, the Detroit Free Press columnist, writes about Heaster Wheeler, a civil rights activist and community organizer who recently became a county official. Heaster has entered the building. Heaster Wheeler, that is. The passionate civil rights activist and community organizer known for always carrying protest signs in the trunk of his car has gone…
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Finally: Detroit Is Winning!
In her Detroit Free Press column, Rochelle Riley writes that Detroit is winning as scores of residents are scheduled to participate in the fifth citywide volunteer fair to help repair the city decimated by unemployment, violence and years of urban flight and blight. News Bulletin: Detroit is winning. No, not Charlie Sheen-winning, but transformational, making-a-difference…
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Mourning a Child's Choice
The idea for Family Affair: What it Means to be African American Today is one that I’ve been considering for years. The fundamental question of identity has always been a compelling issue for African Americans, so I wanted to create a project that provided a neutral environment for “us” to examine the grand contradictions, marginalization…
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