The page was begun in honor of Black History Month, but it seems to us that the resources here can be enjoyed all year round. We will continue to add links to informational sites and events throughout Michigan on this page. If you have any you'd like us to know about, please send us an email.
Visit the History, Arts and Libraries website to view their featured Black History Month collections.
Read 25 African Americans You Need to Know at Michigan History Online
View the online exhibit Enterprising Images: The Goodridge Brothers, African American Photographers 1847-1922
Read The Blackburns' Escape on the History, Arts and Libraries website (you will need Adobe Acrobat to view this feature)
Visit the The Sojourner Truth Institute website
Visit the The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History website
CMU'S Black History Month Features Concert, Historical Speaker, Comedians and Other Events
Check out Michigan Historical Markers - Black History here
American Perspectives: Highlights of Works by African American Artists from the Collection of the Flint Institute of Arts click on exhibitions to get complete details
Visit the official website for "A Stronger Kinship" a book that describes experiences in Covert, Michigan, an integrated town established around the time of the Civil War.
Read Black History Month events in the Lansing State Journal
Read 28 Days of Notables in Black History in the Lansing State Journal
Read Black History Month offers dozens of ways to explore contributions of black Americans in Lansing State Journal's the HUB
View a really cool photo gallery with sound of the struggle for civil rights and an interactive timeline on the Lansing State Journal's website.
Check out Black History Month Calendar - Troy in the Freep
Check out Black History Month Calendar - Southfield in the Freep
Black History Month links from the Michigan Electronic Library
Black History Month coverage in the Lansing State Journal
Check out Black history month events - Flint in the Flint Journal on mLive.com
Visit The Underground Railroad Living Museum website
Remembering Detroit's Paradise Valley
An audio slideshow featuring playwright Beatrice Buck talking about Detroit's "Paradise Valley" area and a host of other links to the history of this vanished entertainment mecca.
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Black History Month: Michigan's Own James Earl Jones
He has one of the most recognizable voices in the entertainment business and it all began with a grapefruit and a dedicated teacher. James Earl Jones was born in Mississippi in 1931. His parents separated before his birth and his grandparents raised him. When Jones was five, his family moved to Michigan and settled in the small town of Dublin, in Manistee County.
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Feb 2, 2006
Some Question Whether We Should Have a Black History Month
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Feb 2, 2006
Ted Talbert's Black History Month Letter to the Freep
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Feb 4, 2009
"I've Got a Home in Glory Land" Free Lecture and Book Signing - Feb. 8, 2009 Lansing, MI
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Jul 19, 2006
Honoring Selfridge's Tuskegee Airmen
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Jun 19, 2006
Juneteenth, June 19th
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Feb 2, 2006
America Needs Black History Month
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Feb 14, 2006
Black History Month: Lansing in the 1950s: Changing city
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Jan 7, 2008
Michigan Books: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Feb 2, 2006
Civil Rights Work Must Continue
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Feb 19, 2007
Black History Month: Discover Detroit's Important Role
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