Officials in Detroit have unveiled the 102nd United States Colored Troop Memorial Highway, honoring the heroic African American Infantry Regiment formed during the Civil War in 1863.
The dedication of a portion of I-375 took place at the same spot where the regiment was first organized.
"You will never overcome anything that you are not willing to confront. And I think that what these men did when they confronted racism, they confronted white supremacy head-on. They won," said former city lawmaker Senator Coleman Young II during the ceremony.
According to the Detroit Historical Society, the 1,...
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