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When:
April 17, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00
2019-04-17T20:30:00-04:00
Where:
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
1720 W St Andrews Rd
Midland, MI 48640
USA
1720 W St Andrews Rd
Midland, MI 48640
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Gary Wilkes will speak about how the road of freedom led many people fleeing slavery to lives in Michigan, while others traveled through to reach Ontario.
Mr. Wilkes is president of the Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society.
In 1990, he he began channeling his research talents into genealogy and historical research, and he hasn’t stopped since.