As we celebrate Juneteenth, Detroit Historical Society is hosting a thought-provoking panel discussion in connection with our newest exhibition Kresge at 100: A Century of Impact, a Future of Opportunity, now open in the Streets of Old Detroit.
This panel discussion connects the role of lunch counters in the South and picketing in the north to the larger Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
The event will feature historian and author Ken Coleman, Official Historian of the City of Detroit Jamon Jordan, Oakland University Associate Professor of History De Witt S. Dykes Jr., and author and activist Sharon Sexton.
The panel will begin at 6:00 PM. Detroit Historical Museum is not open to the public on this date, so doors will open at 5:30 PM for arrival. Time will be allotted to see the exhibition and the lunch counter interactive.
This event is free to the general public. Advance registration is preferred but walk-in registrations are also welcome.
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