African American Events

Take a stroll through Grand Rapids' Black History with our guide, Caroline Cook, and learn about the people, places, events and stories from 1826 to now.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:

• One-hour walking tour around Downtown.
• No Registration is Required - Just show up.
• We Walk In All Weather: Rain, shine or snow.

Rev Robert B. Jones Sr. is truly a Detroit (and national) musical treasure! He is an inspirational singer, songwriter, storyteller and self-taught multi-instrumentalist. He plays guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, quills and bones, using folk, blues, spirituals and other American Roots

Award-winning author and 2017 Kresge Artist Fellow Jean Alicia Elster will share details of how the oral history tradition within her family formed the backbone of the narrative and plot development of her Ford family historical fiction trilogy volumes Who’s Jim Hines?, The Colored Car and the