Detroit, Michigan. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a packed audience inside Cobo Arena as part of a freedom rally organized by the Baptist minister and civil rights activist, C.L. Franklin. His 21 year-old daughter, Aretha, is in NYC. Up to this time, she has released
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“I love being in the heart of things.” Carolyn Cassin is in her new office. The CEO of Michigan Women Forward, formerly the Michigan Women’s Foundation, recently made the decision to move the nonprofit to the outskirts of downtown when the rents recently doubled in the heart of
An architect, preservationist, and practical design thinker, Michael Poris is the principal and co-founder of McIntosh Poris Associates. Founded in 1994, by Poris and Doug McIntosh, McIntosh Poris has a diverse portfolio in both style and scope, from private homes, to multi-family housing and restaurants to arenas. Within the breadth of this diverse portfolio,
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