History of Black Detroit

Date: Tuesday, February 28th
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Meeting Room

Learn about the history of black Detroit from local historian Stewart McMillian. He will lead a lively discussion and a slide show about Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Elmwood Cemetary, historic black churches, Underground Railroad sites and Dr. Ossian Sweet.

Learn more about the Great Michigan Read, which invites Michiganians to read and participate in events about Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age by Detroit native Kevin Boyle.

The Great Michigan Read is presented by the Michigan Humanities Council with support from Meijer and the National Endowment for the Humanities.