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Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward - 5:06

with Marlowe Stoudamire, Project Manager, Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward

Posted Jan 23, 2017

Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward is a multi-year community engagement project of the Detroit Historical Society that?brings together diverse voices and communities around the effects of an historic crisis to find their place in the present and inspire the future. Visit Detroit 67:? Looking Back to Move Forward on the web, Facebook and Twitter. Interview recorded on January 19th, 2017.

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