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Shannon Steel said she hadn't heard of Ray before reading reporting about the plight of her home, but "it didn't sit right in my spirit that no one would" step up to save the house.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority has sold the derelict home to local businesswoman Shannon Steel

Sarah Elizabeth Ray should have been heralded as a civil rights icon, but her legacy has mostly faded into obscurity. Now, a group of Detroit eastsiders, a former journalist and a documentary filmmaker are hoping to revive her story.