Detroit heard King’s dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.
Alpha Kappa Alpha's Lambda Pi Omega chapter folds Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights history into a day of service that stretches far beyond the federal holiday.
Ebony JJ Curry is a reporting fellow for The 19th. She was previously an NBCUniversal fellow covering Black entrepreneurship and innovation in Detroit’s growing tech sector. She was also a senior reporter at the Michigan Chronicle, where she led political coverage as a Democratic correspondent and press pool member for the Biden-Harris and Harris-Walz campaigns. Her work highlighted community advancement across politics, tech, and social justice, while growing the Chronicle’s digital presence as its daily newsletter curator and social media on-air talent. She brings a unique blend of experience working both in newsrooms and government. She has held communications roles with the Detroit City Council, Michigan Senate Democrats and the Executive Office of the Governor, and contributed to Medill News Service, ABC12 News in Flint, Michigan, and NBC affiliate WAFF-48 in Huntsville, Alabama. She earned her Bachelor’s in communications media from Alabama A&M University and a Master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Ebony JJ Curry's Latest Articles
Detroit’s seniors are facing a winter crisis most people never see
Michigan's Forgotten Harvest reports 291,000 seniors 60 and older are affected by food insecurity. Nearly half of them are in the Metro Detroit area. Focus: HOPE provides food boxes for seniors across a nine-county area including Wayne.
Rosa Parks’ story didn’t end in Montgomery. These students are proof of that.
The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation aims to tell the story of Parks' life beyond the seat on the bus while helping Michigan students devoted to service and social change.
For Mary Sheffield, Detroit’s future begins with keeping families housed
Detroit’s City Council president has become the city's first woman mayor, with housing for single-mother-led households as a major part of her platform.
