"Justice has been served," said Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The following players were selected as "Tiger of the Year" by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Her mother is a board member of the greater Detroit chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Higginson was named "Tiger of the Year" by the Detroit chapter of the BBWAA in 1997 and 2000.
He also served as vice-president of the Detroit chapter of the American Federation of Labor from 1939 to 1945.
As Vice President of the National Lawyers Guild, when members of the Detroit chapter refused to take a non-communist oath, Jayne resigned his post.
The distinction has given the 20,000-member Detroit chapter tremendous influence in the national organization.
In 1970, the Detroit chapter called a strike against Campbell-Ewald, the advertising agency that serviced Chevrolet.
With the failure of the strike the Detroit chapter declined and the Guild's headquarters was moved to New York.
The spokesman, Don Rojas, said the meeting was organized by the group's Detroit chapter, which mailed out the invitations.
