Black Detroit officials outraged at 'Sambo Awards'

Detroit — Two black public officials say they’re outraged after they were given “Sambo Awards” last week at a dinner honoring former Detroit mayor Coleman Young.

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department director Gary Brown and police chief James Craig were given the top two “Sambo Awards” at a dinner Thursday hosted by the “Call 'Em Out Coalition” and its president, African-American activist Agnes Hitchcock.

Hitchcock, who attracted national media attention in 2007 when she was arrested and fined for throwing grapes at Detroit school board members, insists the annual awards are meant to shed light on policies that harm the city’s black community.

Brown and Craig say the awards are racially offensive.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/03/25/black-detroit-officials-outraged-getting-sambo-awards/3265750002/

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Civil Rights Group: Detroit Mayor’s ‘Racist’ Facebook Post Depicts Black Kids As ‘Lawn Jockeys’

DETROIT (WWJ) – A Civil Rights group is demanding that Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan take down a purportedly racist Facebook post featuring a pair of black children and a campaign yard sign. Sam Riddle, political director of the Michigan Chapter of the National Action Network, called the photo of the smartly dressed, smiling kids an offensive reminder of Jim Crow symbols.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/07/25/mayor-facebook-post-flap/

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