Feb. 5, 7:00PM. UDM zoom webinar with Margaret Burnham, discussing her recent book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (Norton, 2022). Registration in advance required: CLICK HERE.
Feb. 14, 7:00PM. In-person event at UDM Student Union. “Love Stories from the Underground Railroad.”
Ilyon Woo will discuss her recent book, Master, Slave, Husband, Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, which recounts the story of William and Ellen Craft, the most famous couple to flee enslavement in the south. A reception for alumni will precede the event at 5:30PM; advance registration required for the reception.
Feb. 17, 10am-2pm, with lunch, at Gesu Parish. The first of four monthly sessions of “Sacred Conversations on Race” to take place at different parishes. Attendance at all 4 events recommended.
Information, description, and registration link HERE.
Feb. 24-25, at Detroit Historical Society. Programs on Black entrepreneurs in Detroit, along with a new film. Information HERE and HERE.
Detroit Institute of Arts. All month, starting Feb. 1. See all the programs HERE. Exhibits, film series, panel discussions, live music and dance, performances, textile and drawing workshops.