In the Spirit of Black Activism,
A next generation of black activism gains steam
As Detroit's black population decreases and white population increases, new groups such as New Era Detroit aim to promote black power
Waving pan-African flags colored red, black and green, the demonstrators strode into traffic on 7 Mile Road on Detroit's east side.
"Whose streets?" they chanted as cars honked in support and slowed to a halt. "Our streets!"
A Detroit Police car keeping watch a block away, the speakers called for African Americans to unify and take back the city.
"These are our streets," Zeek, who declined to give his last name, exhorted through a megaphone. "We're not going anywhere. Anywhere!" ...
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...il-rights-groups-detroit-seek-voice/75214942/
New Era Detroit, African-American civil rights group, meet at Nandi's Knowledge Cafe on Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Highland Park, MI. (Photo: Salwan Georges, Special to the Detroit Free Pres)
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A next generation of black activism gains steam
As Detroit's black population decreases and white population increases, new groups such as New Era Detroit aim to promote black power
Waving pan-African flags colored red, black and green, the demonstrators strode into traffic on 7 Mile Road on Detroit's east side.
"Whose streets?" they chanted as cars honked in support and slowed to a halt. "Our streets!"
A Detroit Police car keeping watch a block away, the speakers called for African Americans to unify and take back the city.
"These are our streets," Zeek, who declined to give his last name, exhorted through a megaphone. "We're not going anywhere. Anywhere!" ...
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...il-rights-groups-detroit-seek-voice/75214942/
New Era Detroit, African-American civil rights group, meet at Nandi's Knowledge Cafe on Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Highland Park, MI. (Photo: Salwan Georges, Special to the Detroit Free Pres)
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