Decades after a student occupation helped create Wayne State’s African American Studies department, alumni are fighting to preserve the vision they say the university promised.

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This story is part one in a series examining the evolution and challenges facing Wayne State University’s Department of African American Studies, the product of a historic, student-driven movement. Compared to fellow students, Cherine Shaaban got off pretty light when her family learned she was among about 100 undergrads who’d taken over a Wayne State […]

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A fire broke out at the iconic Maccabees Building on Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon, sending plumes of smoke through Wayne State University’s campus. 

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