MCHR wants you to help us revitalize Viola Liuzzo Park! Click here to download the flyer MCHR and Gospel Tabernacle Church are committed to restore and revitalize this Detroit park, located near 8 Mile and Greenfield in NW Detroit, which honors the life and sacrifice of Detroit’s Viola Liuzzo. Mrs. Liuzzo was murdered by the […]
Join MCHR for multiple events celebrating the life of Viola Liuzzo and the pending renovations of Viola Liuzzo Park during the week of her birthday! APRIL 11 4:00-7:00 p.m. – Celebration of Friends of Viola Liuzzo Park Celebrate what would have been Viola Liuzzo’s 90th birthday at Viola Liuzzo Park (Trojan & Winthrop. 1 […]
This story, by Cassandra Spratling, was originally posted in the Detroit Free Press. For more info on next week’s MCHR events surrounding the 90th birthday celebration of Viola Liuzzo, click here. For more info on the Viola Liuzzo Park Project, click here. On a quest to honor a civil rights icon The quest began […]
The Michigan Coalition of Human Rights (MCHR) condemns the savage beating and arrest of Floyd Dent by Officers of the Inkster Police Department. We call for a sweeping and independent investigation of the Inkster Police Department by the Department of Justice – Civil Rights Division. Floyd Dent deserves restitution for his injuries – both mental […]
“Bending the Arc” tells the story of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights. Through interviews with MCHR’s founders and leaders, this short film traces its history from its founding in 1980 by three Detroit clergy wanting to provide alternative views to the religious right and respond to growing divisive elements in religion and politics — […]
