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In this Nov. 2, 1983, photo, Lily Chin holds a photograph of her son Vincent, 27, who was beaten to death on June 23, 1982. Detroit is helping to honor Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was beaten to death 40 years ago by two white men who never served jail time. The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication begins Thursday, June 16, 2022, and focuses on civil rights efforts that started with his 1982 death. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald, File)

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Detroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
Wed,06/15/22-10:56PM , 221 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American
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Shannon Smith, from left, defense attorney for Jennifer Crumbley, and Mariell Lehman, defense attorney for Jennifer's husband, James Crumbley, right, listen as Judge Cheryl Matthews denies the request to lower their bond, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Pontiac, Mich. The judge denied a motion to reduce bonds for the jailed parents of a Michigan teenager who is charged in a shooting at Oxford High School that left four of his fellow students dead. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)

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Judge: Bond stays for Oxford High shooting suspect's parents
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
Mon,04/18/22-10:42PM , 213 Reads
A judge denied a motion Tuesday to reduce bonds for the jailed parents of a Michigan teenager who is charged in a shooting at Oxford High School that left four of his fellow students dead.
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In this May 4, 2005 file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. Legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. is expected to be signed into law next week by President Joe Biden. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act was years in the making. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

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EXPLAINER: What's behind the new federal anti-lynching law?
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
Tue,03/29/22-4:10PM , 237 Reads
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal hate crime.
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Student Laela Bullock, right, works with Taylor Rice during a Beyond Basics literacy session at Denby High School in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Detroit's public school system is investing much of its $1.3 billion in federal COVID-19 relief aid to improve learning for its students and help fix what has been broken for decades. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Detroit schools aim to catch up, and then some, with US aid
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
Tue,03/22/22-5:17AM , 278 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — For years, Laela Bullock moved to her own rhythm when it came to schoolwork. The switch to remote learning, if anything, brought a welcome break from fights in the hallways of the 15-year-old's Detroit school, but her grades still lagged.
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