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Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decision
Read full article: Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decisionThe last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reconsider the case they dismissed last month.
Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102
Read full article: Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died.
Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher
Read full article: Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacherProsecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her.
Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoir
Read full article: Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoirIn the last couple of years, Viola Ford Fletcher has been on a tireless campaign for accountability over the massacre that destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s original “Black Wall Street” when she was a child in 1921.
Annual Townie Street Party announces return to downtown Ann Arbor after three year hiatus
Read full article: Annual Townie Street Party announces return to downtown Ann Arbor after three year hiatusThe annual event will celebrate its 17th year on July 16 after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Murder She Wrote’ actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Read full article: ‘Murder She Wrote’ actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died.
Memphis police ID body of abducted jogger Eliza Fletcher
Read full article: Memphis police ID body of abducted jogger Eliza FletcherPolice in Memphis, Tennessee, said Tuesday that a body found during a search the day before is a woman who was abducted and forced into an SUV during an early morning jog.
Memphis police: Man charged with kidnapping missing jogger
Read full article: Memphis police: Man charged with kidnapping missing joggerPolice say a man has been charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of a Tennessee woman who was out jogging last week when she was accosted and forced into an SUV.
Tulsa Race Massacre centennial events proceed amid hiccups
Read full article: Tulsa Race Massacre centennial events proceed amid hiccupsA march along the trail that Black people used to flee the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is just one of an array of events scheduled to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the atrocity.
GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear
Read full article: GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gearThis photo provided by General Motors shows EP1 electric pallet. General Motors is forming a new business unit to tap the market for delivery vehicles and equipment powered by electricity. Then GM will roll out a clean electric delivery van. Showing Wall Street’s fascination with electric vehicles, GM shares rose to their highest intraday price since the company left bankruptcy protection in 2010. GM has pledged to roll out 30 new electric vehicles globally and spend $27 billion developing them by 2025.
Family in shock after mother of seven killed in triple-shooting on Detroit’s west side
Read full article: Family in shock after mother of seven killed in triple-shooting on Detroit’s west sideDETROIT – Family members of 32-year-old Janea Fletcher, a mother of seven, are heartbroken after finding out she was shot and killed early Friday morning. “I don’t know what to say, what to do,” Lightfood said. I don’t know. “She has seven kids, like I really don’t know what to do. “Don’t nobody like to hear about death, especially when a mother of seven is involved,” Jones said.
Silkroad's new face: Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens
Read full article: Silkroad's new face: Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon GiddensSilkroad, the acclaimed international musical collective with a social conscience, has a new face and a fresh sense of purpose. Grammy-winning folk singer and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens is Silkroad's new artistic director, taking the baton from renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who founded the group two decades ago, Silkroad said Tuesday. The 43-year-old North Carolina native is the first woman and first multiracial artist to lead Silkroad. In addition to her enormous musical talent, she fosters an immense social consciousness and creates unity through her art," said Kathy Fletcher, Silkroad's executive director. Silkroad has recorded seven albums, including Sing Me Home, which won a Grammy in 2016 for best world music.
Street closures to know about heading into Ann Arbor Art Fair week
Read full article: Street closures to know about heading into Ann Arbor Art Fair weekAnn Arbor's Main Street during the 59th Ann Arbor Art Fair on July 21, 2018. (Photo: Meredith Bruckner)ANN ARBOR - From Townie Party to the Ann Arbor Art Fair, next week will see more downtown street closures than any other week out of the year. Ann Arbor Art FairWhen: 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, through Monday, July 22Liberty from South Ashley to South State Street; Ashley Street, Fourth Avenue, Fifth Avenue and Division Street will remain open to through traffic. Thayer, from North University, including the North University intersection, to East Washington. South State Street from East Washington Street to Madison.