Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones said Monday the entire council family is "heartbroken" over the loss. Watson, who was headed to the University of Michigan Law School this fall ...

After graduating from the University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Watson served on the Detroit City Council as a policy analyst and worked closely with Detroit Mayor Mike ...

JoAnn Watson, who served on the Detroit City Council for a decade and was a pastor, radio personality and former executive director of the Detroit NAACP, has died. She was 72. A representative ...

Watson served on the Detroit City Council from 2003 through 2013. In her first run for office, she defeated presumed front-runner Gil Hill, a former Detroit police homicide chief who had become ...

The Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson’s legend reached well beyond the precincts of Detroit, where she was a formidable political leader of the City Council. In the vast realm of Black liberation ...

Watson, who was known as a trailblazer and civil rights icon, was born and raised in Detroit and served on the city council from 2003 to 2013. She was the first woman to serve as the executive ...

Would you support changing Detroit's city charter to allow district elections for some or all council members? I will support the vote of the citizens and the will of the people on this issue.

(CBS DETROIT) - Former Detroit City Council member, the Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson, has died. She was 72. In a statement on Monday, Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield described Watson as a ...