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Historic marker commemorates Algiers Motel tragedy, a key location in 1967 Detroit riot
Read full article: Historic marker commemorates Algiers Motel tragedy, a key location in 1967 Detroit riotThe Algiers Motel used to sit along Woodward Avenue, just north of Grand Boulevard. Where it once stood is now a park, but the people who visit will now know the site’s important history.
Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker
Read full article: Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic markerThe site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker.
Remembering the day Martin Luther King Jr. debuted precursor to ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in Detroit
Read full article: Remembering the day Martin Luther King Jr. debuted precursor to ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in DetroitThe Walk to Freedom ended at the TCF Center -- then named Cobo Arena -- where Dr. King delivered a powerful speech. It was a precursor to his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech two months later in Washington.
Remembering the day Martin Luther King Jr. debuted precursor to ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in Detroit
Read full article: Remembering the day Martin Luther King Jr. debuted precursor to ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in DetroitDETROIT – Monday is the 35th official Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For many, MLK Day is just another day off -- a day to relax, a day to do things, do some community service. For one couple, the day means so much more to them because they were there the day King came to Detroit and debuted his original “I Have a Dream” speech on June 23, 1963. Somewhere in that crowd was a 22-year-old warrior for Civil Rights named Dorothy Dewberry-Aldridge. She and her husband, Dan Aldridge, have spent more than 60 years fighting for Civil Rights, equality and social justice.