Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery became the state's first Black-owned cemetery 100 years ago. And the cemetery's story also ...

Ted Talbert's storytelling legacy in Detroit lives on, and the same is true for the many Detroiters that helped the dedicated ...

Andrew Young is a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a two-term mayor of Atlanta. The nation last saw him as he delivered a heartfelt ...

Andrew Young, former congressman and United Nations ambassador ... John Conyers Jr. Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, speaks at a 2007 Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill.

Congressman John Conyers, Judge Marylin Atkins, Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum and Judge Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. Talbert also did projects with each of the major local TV affiliates in Detroit during his ...

Long-serving Congressman John Conyers discussed the sharp partisan battle ... and 147 evictions take place each day in Michigan’s Wayne County. Conyers said he sees links between the hard times of ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and ...

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is revitalizing the work of the late Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee with the reintroduction of H.R. 40. The newly reintroduced bill would create a 15-member ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as ...

Sen. Gary Peters's decision to retire will affect control of the Senate, presidential aspirants and the rise or fall of other ...

Gary Peters' exit creates a highly contested U.S. Senate battleground seat expected to be coveted by both major political parties.

The suddenly open seat in a top-tier battleground has several Michigan ... a run is Representative Bill Huizenga, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking. Representative John James ...