African American Community News
Curtis Lipscomb is Honored in Who's Who In Black Detroit
DETROIT MI - (October 11, 2012) KICK's executive director has been honored in Who's Who In Black Detroit's 2012 sixth edition. A subsidiary of Real Times Media, Who's Who Publishing was founded in 1989 to highlight the positive achievements of A...
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Curtis Lipscomb, 1 of 10 black male activists, wins leadership award and support for KICK's young adult project
Ten Detroit men - teachers, businessmen, writers and pastors - have been named winners of the BME Leadership Award, created to honor black men who step up to lead the community.
"The award shines a light on a truth about Detroit that we need to...
KICK and Black Pride Society Team Up For the Planning of Detroit's Black Pride Celebration: Hotter Than July! 2012
Detroit, MI - KICK - The Agency for LGBT African Americans and Black Pride Society (BPS), the producers of the nation's third oldest black LGBT pride celebration in the United States have joined forces to produce the seventeenth installment of Det...
Black History Month celebrated at OCC
College hosts several talks on Royal Oak campus
By Heidi Roman
C & G Staff Writer
ROYAL OAK — Several guest speakers at Oakland Community College’s Royal Oak campus will delve into topics relating to black culture in honor of Black History Mo...
Pontiac artist's life celebrated during Black History Month
By DIANA DILLABER MURRAY
diana.dillaber@oakpress.com; Twitter: @DDillybar
As far back as Vista Jackson Scott’s daughter Brook can remember, her mother immersed herself in her painting and other art work that included African masks, sculptures ...
Historical society to conduct Underground Railroad event
By Eric Czarnik
C & G Staff Writer
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Leap Day will be the date when metro Detroiters can jump back to the 19th century and learn more about the perilous journey that some slaves took to freedom in the antebellum era.
The Gre...
Bridging Communities's Pre Valentine Dance Fundraiser
Bridging Communities is hosting its first Pre Valentine Dance Fundraiser to support the elders of Southwest Detroit by providing essential resources that enhances their quality of life. This is an intergenerational multicultural event that brings ...
Harriet Tubman Comes to Life at the Library
Celebrate Black History Month by taking in a one-woman show — a historical re-enactment of the life of the famous abolitionist.
By Timothy Rath
We're just one day from the weekend. Plan ahead with the West Bloomfield Patch Events calendar. Tod...
Pontiac Creative Arts Center celebrates Black History Month
By DIANA DILLABER MURRAY
diana.dillaber@oakpress.com; Twitter: @DDillybar
PONTIAC — Three events celebrating Black History Month will open with a presentation of “The Corner: The Emergence of the African American Community in Pontiac,” from 5-...