April 6, 2021
Election legislation that’s been unveiled by legislative Republicans in Michigan will be the focus of a press conference in Lansing with Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad and other leaders from around the state. Muhammad said during a Monday city commission meeting the “so-called reforms” would increase ID requirements for voting and limit absentee voting options. He said the legislation would have a disproportionate effect on people in urban areas.
“It’s really, really the wicked face of Jim Crow,” Muhammad said. “The type of decisions behind the mind of Plessy versus Ferguson, Dred Scott versus Sanford, with a plan to basically suppress and take the state of Michigan back into the days of reconstruction.”
February 23, 2021
Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad delivered his annual State of the City address Tuesday night, saying communities across the nation were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and yet Benton Harbor continued to rise. Muhammad noted much progress has been made in the city when it comes to fixing streets, and that’s largely thanks to the city income tax.
“If you ride down Union, if you ride down Broadway, if you ride down one of the worst streets that we had in the city of Benton Harbor, which was Emory, it is fixed today,” Muhammad said.
Muhammad credited everyone who pays taxes in the city for fixing the streets. In a year that saw police violence and unrest dominate the national conversation, Muhammad noted the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety has a program to hire local.
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Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad is planning to give a State of the City address this month. Due to COVID-19, this year's address will be done virtually. The
January 18, 2021
Lake Michigan College kicked off its MLK Week with a celebration on Monday morning. LMC has released the following:
Now is the Time! The MLK Celebration Week, a free, virtual, community-wide effort inspired by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” opened festivities Monday morning with an inspiring kickoff celebration.
The event, attended virtually by more than 240 households, was highlighted by a passionate keynote address from Tékeidra Masters, an 18-year-old graduate of Benton Harbor High School and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America 2020 Midwest Regional Youth of the Year.
In her speech, Masters urged attendees, regardless of race or ethnic background, to no longer remain “voiceless” when it comes to racism in all its forms. She spoke about historic racism and injustices of today, comparing Black Lives Matter protests and the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, the police shootings and violence against Africa