Sunday, April 26, 2026

B'wana Don in Jungle-La with Bongo Bailey

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B'wana Don and Bongo Bailey B'wana Don in Jungle-La ran on WJBK-TV, channel 2 in Detroit, Michigan, from 1960 to 1963. The program...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

High Flying in Detroit with Leaping Larry Chene

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Arguably the most popular wrestler in the Detroit, Michigan area in the early 1960s was Leaping Larry Chene--born Arthur Lawrence Beauchene ...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Edythe Fern Melrose--The Lady of Charm

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The Lady of Charm Edythe Fern (Culp) Melrose was born in rural Illinois in 1897, but she was raised on a farm in West Mansfield, Ohio. She g...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Billy Martin Fight Night in Detroit

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Many Detroiters remember Billy Martin when he managed the Detroit Tigers from 1971-1973. He took an aging team of veterans and guided the...
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Early Detroit Tiger History

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Charlie Bennett   Prior to 1894, the Detroit Tigers played minor league baseball and were one of the founding members of the West League tha...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Great Migration North to Detroit

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In what was the largest internal migration of any group in American history, the Great Migration saw six million African Americans migra...
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Before Berry Gordy There Was Joe Von Battle Producing Records in Detroit

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Joe Von Battle in his Hastings Street record shop J oe Von Battle was born in 1915 in Macon, Georgia and moved during the Great Migration wi...