DETROIT RESOURCES
Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau
First Friday Detroit
Detroit Branch NAACP
A tremendous resource for general travel information; 2990 East Grand Blvd; Detroit; 313-871-2087
Detroit Urban League
208 Mack Ave; Detroit; 313-832-4600
Print
Michigan Chronicle
Founded in 1936 as a satellite of the Chicago Defender newspaper owned by Robert Sengstacke Abbott; papers originally printed on the Chicago press and shipped overnight to Detroit; Sengstacke newspaper chain made it a complete local paper; key contributors in the growth of the paper to 25,000 circulation by 1944 were John Sengstacke, Lucious Harper, Louis Martin and Longworth Quinn; 1st office was located at 1729 St. Antoine Street; current address is 379 West Ledyard near Cass; 313-963-5522
The Michigan Citizen
An African American community newspaper that has been around for decades; http://www.michigancitizen.com
Detroit Black Business
An excellent online resource for black-owned businesses in the Detroit metro area; http://www.DetroitBlackBusiness.com
Radio Stations
92.3 FM WMXD - Tom Joyner Show, Old School R&B
97.9 FM WJLB - Hip Hop, Old & New School R&B, Gospel
98.7 FM WVMV - Jazz
105.9 FM WCHB - R&B, Hip Hop
107.5 FM WGPR - Jazz, R&B
1200 AM WCHB - Talk
1400 AM WQBH - Blues, Talk, R&B
1440 AM WMKM – Gospel
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