This Week’s Metro Times: Read Personal Memories of 1967 from Radical Activists and Writers

Listen to writer Michael Jackman talk about gathering personal remembrances of 1967 for the alt-weekly.

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This week’s Metro Times cover story gathers the stories of nine writers, artists, and activists who experienced 1967’s uprising as youth in Detroit. Listen to writer Michael Jackman talk with WDET’s Amanda LeClaire about bringing these personal remembrances to the alt-weekly’s pages, and check out the full story here

 

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.