Events
16th Annual Local History Roundtable Keynote Presentation
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP
You can RSVP for this event until March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location
Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall & Loosemore Auditorium
Richard M. DeVos Center - Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
401 W. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Description
In this engaging talk Dr. Anna-Lisa Cox will draw upon her extensive research on early African American settlers in West Michigan. She will highlight the multiracial history of West Michigan and place it in the context of the upcoming 250th commemoration of the founding of the United States. Michigan’s committee for the semiquincentennial has designated “Unfinished Revolutions” as one of its guiding themes, and Dr. Cox will demonstrate how West Michigan’s diverse past has embodied this ongoing struggle for freedom, recognition, and rights.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, community, education, history, keynote, local, and roundtable.
Contact
Nora Salas
Director, Kutsche Office of Local History
Email: salasn@gvsu.edu
Ryan Moore
Office Coordinator, Kutsche Office of Local History
Email: moorer4@gvsu.edu
Phone: 616-331-8099