Cobo served as Detroit’s mayor from 1950 until he died of a heart attack on Sept. 12, 1957, while completing his final two-year term. He was 63.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan raised the prospect of Cobo's name change during a speech at the Mackinac Policy Conference last year. Duggan, a Democrat, has said that the tenure of Cobo, a Republican ...

With a roiling Detroit River outside the center’s windows, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Mayor Mike Duggan joined bank, tourism and community leaders Wednesday at one of the largest news conferences ...

Almost 57 years after his death, maybe it's time to look back on Detroit Mayor Albert Cobo. Cobo presided over, and was involved in, the removal of streetcars from Detroit's streets.

Detroit's Cobo Center, which hosts the auto show and other major events, is changing its name to remove the surname of a former mayor known for his racist policies, officials announced Wednesday ...

DETROIT -- Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. is threatening to veto last week's rejection by the city council of a state plan to transfer Cobo Center to a regional authority.Cockrel says in a letter to the ...

Republican Albert Cobo, Detroit's mayor from 1950-57, is remembered for a legacy of upholding racial segregation. Campaigning against the “Negro Invasion” of white neighborhoods, ...

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s Cobo Center, which hosts the auto show and other major events, is changing its name to remove the surname of a former mayor known for his racist policies, officials ...

Nine mayors have been in office since 1950, when Detroit reached its peak population. None have had an easy time. All have faced economic, political and social issues during their administrations.