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Aftermath of the UN visit to Detroit regarding water and housing

Posted October 20th, 2014  |  News  |  Press Releases

UPDATE (Feb 7, 2015): Check out this video documenting the recent UN visit regarding the water shutoffs in Detroit, produced by one of the UN special rapporteurs that visited Detroit last October. 10/20/14: Two special rapporteurs from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke at a press conference yesterday, at the […]

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Statement: We Must Rid Our Justice System of Racial and Class Bias

Posted August 1st, 2013  |  News  |  Press Releases  |  Statements

In conjunction with the observance of the 85th birthday of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. in January, the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights is organizing a community-wide conversation with the goal of ridding our justice system of racial and class bias. Representatives of police agencies and courts together with clergy, interested citizens and community […]

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Local Students Invited To Experience and Learn Civil Rights History on Freedom Tour 2013

Posted January 21st, 2013  |  News  |  Press Releases

Contact: Lydia Wylie-Kellerman lydiaiwk@gmail.com 313-595-1967 For Immediate Release Local Students Invited To Experience and Learn Civil Rights History on Freedom Tour 2013 Michigan Coalition for Human Rights to Sponsor 30 Students To Explore Story of  Freedom Riders & Civil Rights Movement in Deep South Detroit, Mich., January 19, 2013 – This summer a group of […]

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