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Mourners Can Pay Their R.E.S.P.E.C.T. to Aretha Franklin Today in Detroit
Tuesday morning marks the first day the public can pay tribute to legendary singer Aretha Franklin in Detroit, Michigan. Starting today at 9 a.m. and running through Wednesday at 9 p.m., Franklin’s body will lie in honor at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in a gold casket. As the Detroit Free press…
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Freeway of Love: Mary Kay's Top Sellers Are Planning a Pink Cadillac Tribute at Aretha's Funeral
When mourners arrive at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple on Friday, August 31 to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin, they will be greeted with a sea of pink—pink Cadillacs, that is. Legions of sales directors from multi-level marketing company Mary Kay, one of the largest direct sellers of cosmetics worldwide, will be parking their famed pink…
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Royalty Recognizes Royalty: Beyoncé Dedicates Detroit On The Run II Concert to Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin
You know our collective hearts stopped on Monday when reports started circulating that the iconic Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is gravely ill and apparently in hospice care. The news quickly spread, prompting everyone to pour out their love and thoughts and prayers for the singer. And because game recognizes game, and royalty recognizes royalty,…
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Video Shows Detroit Cop Beating a Naked Black Woman Who May Have Been Mentally Ill
An unnamed Detroit police officer who was captured on video viciously pummeling a naked black woman in a hospital has been suspended without pay. Chief James Craig confirmed at a Thursday press conference that the officer, an 18-year veteran, and a corporal, has never had a “category one” use of force incident (when force leaves…
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Black Trans Woman Shot in Dispute at Detroit Gas Station; Police Exploring if Incident Is a Hate Crime
Detroit police are looking for the man who shot a transgender woman at a Mobil gas station on Monday night. According to surveillance footage, an argument that started in the gas station parking lot spilled over inside the station, where it escalated when the man drew a gun on the woman. As ClickonDetroit.com reports, it’s…
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Detroit Street to Be Renamed After Michael Jackson
Next month, a Detroit street on which people will be easing on down will be renamed after the King of Pop. On Thursday, the Detroit City Council announced that Randolph Street between Gratiot Avenue and Madison Street in Detroit’s Theater District will be renamed Michael Jackson Avenue to honor the late superstar. The street-renaming ceremony…
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Detroit Music Station ‘Mutes’ Kanye West but Doesn’t Know if It’ll Mute Chris Brown and R. Kelly. SMH
Ever since T.I. rapped “you had a bad idea and you makin’ it worse” on his and Kanye’s “Ye vs. the People,” I’ve found ways to apply that statement to so many facets of life. It was so apt and simple and profound that it really encapsulates everything going on in the world of Kanye…
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I Flew 1st Class for the 1st Time as an Adult. I Feel Like a Different Person
I recently went out to Los Angeles on a company-paid trip to host an event called Urban by Nature. From Washington, D.C., that trip is about five hours. For this reason, I typically scramble to get a window or aisle seat, praying to never get stuck on a five-hour middle-seat journey into uncomfortableness. Well, since…
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After Standing Her Ground, a Young Mother and Environmental Activist Could Be Forced to Give Birth in Prison
One of Detroit’s foremost environmental activists, a black woman who fought against Southwest Detroit’s Marathon Oil Refinery and the Detroit Renewable Power trash incinerator, developed educational outreach for local mothers and schoolchildren on nutrition and environmental issues, and represented Detroit at the Paris Climate talks may now be forced to give birth behind bars. Last…