Exhibition titled determine, the 400 your struggle for black equality. This second section explores the period from the end of the civil war after the civil war, which ended slavery in the united states, through 1950. And this was a period that witnessed both progress and backlash for black americans. After the civil war, as black virginians and americans embraced new opportunities in the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting to businesses and so forth as on the one hand black lives flourished, under the new promises afforded by freedom in american society. Black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishment that wanted to reassert its power, its sense of supremacy and its control over people of color, and at the same time that we see amazing strides and black process, we also see regress in the form of disenfranchisement, and legalized. Segregation in american. Society so, we will look at a few storie
Midtown detroit. However from the downtown area in detroit. Were eight or nine miles. Downtown is one district, as they say now in detroit, and midtown is the next district after that, and years ago, new center was created like another part of the city, and that is another maybe five or seven miles beyond us. So were really right in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the universities, the library, the main library, the wayne state university, the health centers, and a lot of galleries and africanamerican museums, historical museum. So were in a wonderful cultural rich area of the city. I call it the heart of the city. And youre just a couple blocks off woodward avenue if people know detroit. One block off. I knew a little train that goings up and down the road and says one mile one block from woodward avenue and turn left and youre right with us. Allison, whats the last month been like for you at source book sellers . Well, we had to get used to having our doors shuttered
Janet, when did you start your bookstore . We started with our first incarnation in 1989, we just celebrated our 30 years of selling books in detroit and not that time we were vendors going to put people from showing up and into thousand two we joined a collective of three independent stores that share the space and in 2013 we moved into the space that we run now midtown detroit. How far from the downtown area are you in detroit. We are about eight or 9 miles, downtown is one district as they say now in detroit and midtown is the next district after that. Years ago a news center was created, another part of the city and that is another five or 7 miles beyond us. We are in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the universities, the library, the main library, the university, the Health Center and a lot of galleries in africanamerican museum, the historical museum, were in a cultural rich area of the city and its really the heart of the city. You are just a couple blocks off woo
In 2013, we moved into the space that we are in now. Midtown detroit. How far from the downtown area are you, in detroit. Eight or 9 miles. Downtown is one district, as they are saying now, in detroit. The next district after that. Years ago, new center was created, and another part of the city. That is another five or 7 miles up beyond us. We are really right in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the university, library, main library, wayne state university, the Health Centers in a lot of galleys and africanamerican museums, historical museums. We are in a wonderful, cultural rich area of the city. Really, the heart of the city. A couple blocks off woodward avenue. I mention the little train that goes up and down the road. 1 mile. Not 1 mile, one block. You turn left and you are right with it. [laughter] allison, what has the last month been like for you . We have to get used to having our doors shut because of the covid19 situation. We had to go into the very unfamiliar
Association the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program a State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of marching the living legacy of doctor mlk junior and through the eyes of others africanamericans and identity in arts. In her new book driving while black, just out today, the professor tells a story of the indispensable green book that reshape the africanamerican traveling experience throughout the sacred native land to help drive the Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome gretchen to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] good evening. Its wonderful to be in this great city of philadelphia and i apologize rick could not join us this evening. He had an emergency and italy but i hope we a jewel on enjoy the preview of the film. So im sure many of you have seen the green book movie i will talk this evening of the broader story and that is about the automobile and the role it played in africanamerican life. How important your mobility is to you. How important