Newsflash: Harry Belafonte Lecture Cancellation
Category: Top News Written by Patricia A. McCann
Due to a sudden unavoidable conflict, the Damon Keith Biennial Lecture featuring Harry Belafonte, planned for October 30 has been Cancelled. The staff at the WSU Law School are currently working on a plan to reschedule the lecture. We will notify you when we receive information about a new program date, and hope that you will again be able to attend. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or LaJuan Bryant at 313.222.5269.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:02
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Comerica Cancellation
Category: News Briefs Written by Chronicle Staff
Hello Friends, Due to a sudden unavoidable conflict, the Damon Keith Biennial Lecture featuring Harry Belafonte, planned for October 30 has been Cancelled. The staff at the WSU Law School are currently working on a plan to reschedule the lecture. We will notify you when we receive information about a new program date, and hope that you will again accept our invitation to participate as a guest of Comerica.
Thank you for accepting our invitation to this exciting event. We will look forward to sharing this wonderful program experience with you on a future date.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or LaJuan Bryant at 313.222.5269.
Best Regards,
Caroline Chambers
Caroline E. Chambers
Vice President, Corporate Contributions
President, Comerica Charitable Foundation
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:45
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Kohl’s Apologizes For Ghetto Fab
Category: News Briefs
Last week Wednesday, Kohl’s removed a curly wig called “Ghetto Fab” from its online Halloween catalog in response to protests on their Facebook fan page two days earlier.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:34
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Dr. William Pickard To Pen Foreword For Inaugural Edition
Category: Top News Written by Chronicle Staff
Through its Who’s Who Publishing subsidiary, Real Times Media, publishers of African American newspapers around the country, including the Michigan Chronicle, announced that it will publish a coffee table book highlighting the contributions of African Americans in the automotive industry. Titled “Driven: A Tribute to African-American Achievement in the Auto Industry,” the book will focus on the African Americans who helped to build and maintain the automotive industry. Dr. William F. Pickard, founder, chariman and CEO of Global Automotive Alliance, will write the foreword for the first edition.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:02
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Orion Plant To Build New Buick Small Car
Category: Top News Written by Marcus Amick
A host of UAW, state, regional and General Motors officials turned out to celebrate the announcement that GM will invest $145 million at the Orion Assembly Center, to build Buick’s new future compact sedan – the all-new Verano.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:02
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Snyder, Bernero Can't Ignore Debate In Detroit
Category: News Briefs Written by Chronicle Staff
Gubernatorial candidates Rick Snyder and Virg Bernero not only need to have more than one debate, they should hold one in Detroit, which is not only the state’s largest city, but also the city that most represents Michigan to the rest of the country and the world.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:08
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Obama Book Launch Draws Heavy Hitters To Detroit
Category: News Briefs Written by Chronicle Staff
CBS News political analyst Jamal Simmons; Munson Steed, Rolling Out magazine publisher and director of the Madison Project in New York; Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Emory University professor of theology and one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s most trusted aides, who coordinated the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign; Joya Shelton, a California multimedia producer and Claude Similus, one of Haiti’s leading actors are among a list of national speakers in Detroit next week for the release of, “Obama and Black Loyalty” written by Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:03
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Esther Davis Dies
Category: Top News Written by Chronicle Staff
Esther Davis, mother of Donald Davis, chairman and CEO of First Independence Bank, died Sept. 28 at age 95. She was born in Comer, Ala., and moved to Detroit in 1934.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:02
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Two Sisters Imprisoned For $11 May Get Out
Category: News Briefs Written by Denise Stewart
Two Mississippi sisters locked up now for more than 15 years for stealing $11 have been interviewed by representatives of that state’s parole board, a step their attorney and supporters hope moves them closer to release.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:08
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Singer Mario Arrested
Category: News Briefs
Baltimore native and R&B Singer Mario was arrested around 1 a.m. last night for allegedly assaulting his mother, Shawntia Hardaway, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:08
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