In 1945, Sarah Elizabeth Ray was denied passage on a steamboat on the Detroit River because she was Black. She fought the injustice, and today, her trailblazing civil rights role is preserved at the Bentley Historical Library.
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In 1945, Sarah Elizabeth Ray was denied passage on a steamboat on the Detroit River because she was Black. She fought the injustice, and today, her trailblazing civil rights role is preserved at the Bentley Historical Library.