Detroit
Cops arrest popular bank robber with NYC publisher in white Rolls Royce
A popular bank robber and novelist has been arrested for allegedly staging another robbery attempt on a financial institution on March 12. Detroit’s Dorian Sykes made his recent getaway in a white Rolls Royce SUV, only to be arrested at an MGM Grand Hotel where he had been reportedly living for free using vouchers, cops…
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Two Detroit natives accused of assaulting wheelchair user, trying to force him to ingest bleach
A Detroit woman, Brittany Walker, and a man, Samuel Payton, are facing serious charges, including...
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First-time investor flips 8 homes in unexpected U.S. boomtown and shares her huge profit secrets
A Detroit woman who successfully flipped eight homes since 2021 has revealed how she turned...
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Nicki Minaj sued by former manager for alleged assault and emotional distress
Nicki Minaj is facing a lawsuit from Brandon Garrett, who claims to have served as her manager...
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This black pharmacist bought and turned a drugstore into the largest pharmacy in Detroit in the 30s
Sidney Barthwell, like many other African Americans during his time, faced racial discrimination when he graduated and tried to find work. Despite possessing a degree in pharmacy in 1929, he was repeatedly...
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How Charles Diggs Sr. built a funeral home to provide dignified burials for blacks in the 20s
For many years, Charles Diggs Sr. was not happy with the way and manner blacks were buried in the early 1900s. He felt they deserved a better burial, like how whites were being buried in those days. Though...
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Meet Dr. Haki Madhubuti, the Detroit-born publisher combating myths about African Americans for 55 years now
He started from a humble beginning to become a literary colossus in the 1960s. Dr. Haki Madhubuti, born Don L. Lee, in Little Rock, Arkansas, had to shoulder the burden of growing up in a struggling...
