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Community leaders held a press conference, asking the Department of Justice to conduct an investigation into Dearborn government and the “disproportionate treatment of African-Americans in Dearborn.”

Rev. Horace Sheffield, chair of the Detroit Ecumenical Ministers Alliance, Attorney Michael Fortner, chair of the Commission for Civil Rights and Social Justice and Dr. William Revely of the Unify Detroit Coalition will hold the conference.

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DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Area clergy are denouncing a visit by Donald Trump to a Detroit church as the Republican presidential candidate hopes to convince black voters to cast their ballots for him.

Trump is scheduled to attend a service at Great Faith Ministries International on Saturday morning. He was invited by pastor Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, who also is expected to interview Trump in private for the pastor’s Christian television network.

Protesters waited for Trump outside the church Saturday, where some tried to push through a barrier to the parking lot but were stopped by church security and police.

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DETROIT (WJBK) – An outspoken Detroit pastor is calling foul on the NBA

A lot of men are getting rich by playing professional basketball and Rev. Horace Sheffield thinks the league should share the wealth.

Sheffield calls it “greenlining” – the economic exclusion of people of color beyond the basketball court.

“We don’t feel we get an equal share for what we contribute to the bottom line,” said Sheffield.

Sheffield, the head of the Detroit Association of Black Organizations, is taking on the NBA and the Detroit Pistons.

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DETROIT – Through their program, “The Black Church & HIV: The Social Justice Imperative,” the NAACP hosted a town hall for Detroit faith leaders on Thursday, Dec. 17 in the Marquette Room of the Detroit Marriott. The luncheon, which was produced in partnership with the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit, drew a small crowd of about 35, of which about a dozen identified as clergy.

Rev. Horace Sheffield III, pastor of New Destiny Christian Fellowship Church, spoke about how he got involved with fighting HIV while living in New York.

“I recognized there was a great deal of judgment going on,” he said. “Some of our local clergy and national clergy issued a statement that this was a consequence of sin. It was God’s judgment of people for their lifestyle.”

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Organized labor and the fight for civil rights were pivotal issues that shaped the city of Detroit in the twentieth cen-tury. Battles were fought in the streets, on the overpasses, and throughout the institutions of government. Horace Sheffield Jr. stood firmly at the intersection of these two movements. Although best known as a civil rights activ-ist and labor leader, Sheffield was involved in a number of organizations and unions. His affiliations included everything from the UAW to the United Way. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (CHW-MAAH) is currently processing the records left behind by this crusader for equality. The initial collection was donated by the Sheffield family, with smaller donations added subsequently by Horace Sheffield III.

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