[Michlib-l] Adult Programs African American History Month
Hali Hammond
hammondh at marshalldistrictlibrary.org
Tue Nov 29 13:09:43 EST 2016
Great ideas. Thank you all!
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) <
LancasterC5 at michigan.gov> wrote:
> I second La’Ron Williams! Also, Ivory Williams
> <http://www.storynet.org/teller/directory.php?ID=647> is a wonderful
> storyteller (all ages) & does conduct workshops. You may also want to
> check with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in
> Detroit – possible they have some traveling educators, etc.
> http://www.thewright.org/
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> *From:* michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Joy Cichewicz
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 29, 2016 12:14 AM
> *To:* Hali Hammond <hammondh at marshalldistrictlibrary.org>;
> michlib-l at mcls.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Michlib-l] Adult Programs African American History Month
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> We’ve had a multitude of programs. Here are some ideas:
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> - Rev. Robert Jones does a fabulous program on African-American
> Influence on music. He performs, demonstrates, and engages the audience.
> http://www.revrobertjones.com/
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> - We have had the DIA do their speaker program on
> African-American Art, http://www.dia.org/learn/
> speakers-bureau-reservation-topics.aspx
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> - LaRon Williams is a fantastic storyteller for an older youth
> audience, including adults. He also leads many conversations on racial
> issues. http://laronwilliams.blogspot.com/
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> - We’ve done a panel program of local Black citizens and their
> remembrances.
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> - We have a local historian who has made major efforts to
> collect documentation about Ypsilanti Black history,
> https://southadamstreet1900.wordpress.com/ . Matt has made many
> presentations for us.
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> - We’ve done many storytimes with an African-American focus and
> added cultural elements, food, music, crafts, etc.
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> - We’ve shown movie series, both on African-American history and
> on racial justice, in most cases they have had a discussion leader.
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> - We’ve had a group of local young people who sing from the
> Can’t Stop Me Now Project. They sing anthems and popular music.
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> - We’ve had various authors come in and speak on topics related
> to African-American history from the Underground RR to influences on media.
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> - We’ve had two different speakers on Idlewild, historical
> African-American resort town on the west side of Michigan.
>
> - This year we will have
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> o Melvin Peters, recently retired professor from EMU’s African-American
> Studies program and a speaker for the Charles H. Wright African-American
> History Museum, do a program on socially conscious hip-hop music, one of
> his many topics, http://www.emich.edu/aas/faculty/peters.php
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> o We will have a member of our African-American genealogist group make
> a presentation on how important Black churches were in our county.
>
> o Raymond Randolph, a freedom rider arrested in the 60s, will be
> talking this year about the Civil Rights Movement, then and now.
>
> o One of our branches is doing an African-American Read-in this year.
> http://www.ncte.org/aari
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> o An author/speaker on civil rights and Detroit will be doing a talk.
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> I realize that many of these ideas are tapping into local resources in
> Ypsilanti, however you are not far from some major universities. You might
> start by reaching out to the universities near you for speakers and ideas.
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> I hope this helps!
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> Joy
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> Joy Cichewicz
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> *From:* Hali Hammond [mailto:hammondh at marshalldistrictlibrary.org
> <hammondh at marshalldistrictlibrary.org>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:14 PM
> *To:* michlib-l at mcls.org
> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Adult Programs African American History Month
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> Hello,
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> I'm wondering what kinds of programs/speakers you've had for African
> American History Month? Looking for ideas.
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> Thank you.
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> Hali Hammond
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