Zahria Liggans, 18, Alexia Carroll-Williams, 17, Kayla Carroll-Williams, 15, (center) and Deja Crenshaw, 18, are key members of the Cass Tech Girl's Lacrosse Team. 📸 The Guardian .
Demetrius Morgan and Nia Mitchell during the the sixth consecutive day of protests against police brutality the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. They happened upon the protest after spending a day together in downtown Detroit. “This has to be the last straw," Morgan said. 📸 Personal Work
Santonio “Tone” Ford, 48, sits inside his barbershop, Authentic Kutz in Cleveland, Ohio in early April, 2023. “ 📸 The Marshall Project
"Men would rather love trans women of color in private and kill us in public than have anybody in the hood know of their association with us," said Julisa Abad, a trans advocate who is the program director at the Fair Michigan Justice Project. "Things are never going to change until we change that social stigma." 📸 Insider
Cass Tech High School Girl's Lacrosse Team. 📸 The Guardian
Dr. Valeria Valbuena a doctor at the University of Michigan working to improve pulse oximetry for Black patients and patients with darker skin. 📸 STAT News
Fashion designer Tracy Reese at her studio in Detroit, Michigan. 📸 Insider
The Rev. Dr. Dale B. Snyder Sr., a pastor of Bethel AME Church in Pittsburgh is among those whose retirement accounts are frozen. 📸 WSJ
Maddie and Becca came forward about sexual harassment and assault they experienced at Young Life. 📸 Business Insider
Amal Sayed , 17, a high-school senior in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, applied to 21 colleges in 2021. 📸 The Wall Street Journal
Lakia Higbee at her home in Cleveland, Ohio in September 2021 . 📸 The New York Times
Promise Stewart in his shop, Zeke’s Barber Shop, in Cleveland. Stewart’s barbershop served as a community resource for formerly incarcerated people as they readjusted after returning home. 📸 The Marshall Project
Red Rose Florist shop owners Deborah Nelson, 58, and Stan Nelson, 59, in Detroit, Michigan. 📸 The Wall Street Journal
W.T. Stevens CEO, Rhonda Grayer sitting with a late 1960’s photo of her Dad, W.T. Stevens. The construction company founded by Grayer’s father landed $27 million in contracts to replace 5,000 lead-contaminated water pipes in Flint, Michigan between 2016 and 2019. 📸 INC Magazine
Michigan State University senior Jackie Matthews was 11 years old when the mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. On Monday, Feb. 13, 2023 evening a gunman opened fire killing three students and wounding five in a mass shooting at Berkey Hall and the MSU student union building. “I’m 21 years old and this is now the second mass shooting I have lived through.” 📸 NBC News
Medical student Emily Otiso in Detroit 📸 The Star Tribune
📸 MSU College of Music
Elaine, 2021. 📸 Personal Work
Bevertone 📸 Personal Work
Professional wrestler, Donovan Danhausen at Sarge & Red's toy store for a meet-and greet in Michigan, 2022 . 📸 Mashable
Kemi Dauda: 📸 Vice+ Lenovo's 2020 New Realities Campaign
Nealmonte Alexander 📸 The State News
Pastor Daniel Moore of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church says the Flint water crisis and the pandemic have a lot in common. “The distrust and frustration are similar.”
Robert Julian-Borchak Williams,42, sits for a portrait with his wife, Melissa Williams, 37, and two daughters Julia,6, and Rosie, 3, at their home in Michigan. 📸 The New York Times
Fash Bash 2019 📸 SEEN Magazine
Roslyn Karamoko, owner of Detroit is the New Black 📸 SEEN Magazine
Rapper Travis Thompson, 2021. 📸 The Seattle Times
Key'Maura Lewis, 15, and her grandmother Barbara Gilleylen, 59, embrace in their backyard on in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 📸 The New York Times
Judy McCray, 63, was FaceTiming with her sister Deloris Curry, 69, a resident at Westwood Nursing Center in Detroit Michigan and was shocked to see a staff member enter the room without a mask. 📸 AARP