August 6, 2025, marks 60 years since the Voting Rights Act became law.

It arrives not as a quiet anniversary, but as a living reminder. In Detroit, the timing is charged. Local elections are underway. Mayoral candidates are vying for the city’s top seat. For the first time in 12 years, the race will not include an incumbent. Voters could elect Detroit’s first Black woman mayor or bring back a Black male mayor for the first time since 2013.

The weight of this moment sits squarely on the shoulders of a city shaped by political resistance. Detroit has always known what it means to push against the grain, to use the vote as both a right and a responsibility. The 60th anniversary lands inside a civic cycle with real consequences. Residents are navigating campaign pledges, redrawn district lin

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