Make "quilt" squares out of paper to celebrate Ann Arbor's Bicentennial. All squares will be combined at the end of the event series and placed on display in the Library as a collective representation of Ann Arbor's citizens and visitors.

Join us for a celebration of the French Dukes! Author Debbie Taylor will kick things off with a reading of her picture book, Step It Up! The French Dukes! Set in 1960's Ann Arbor, Kenny’s story is inspired by the real-life French Dukes Precision Drill Team. Members of the original team will talk with Debbie about their experience, and then do a short performance. They will also share what's happening with young community members today! Books will be for sale and Debbie Taylor will be available to sign them.

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Join the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio (7CS) for the premiere of a documentary film about the closing of Ann Arbor's Jones School. In 1965, the Board of Education closed the majority-Black school. Ann Arbor joined a nationwide trend of school desegregation during the Civil Rights Era. But for these young students, the loss of a neighborhood school foreshadowed changes to their close-knit community. Gentrification came to Ann Arbor on the heels of desegregation.

Help improve AADL's digital collection of historic newspapers! Drop in to the Computer Center for an afternoon of recording newspaper dates with casual conversation.

Join the hosts of Haunted Mitten Podcast as they talk about the spookier side of Ann Arbor. Find out which of your favorite businesses have their own spooky tales to tell!

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"Let the black man get upon his person the brass letters U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on the earth or under the earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship" - Frederick Douglass, April 6, 1863.

Join author, photographer and architectural historian Dale A. Carlson as he examines twelve Detroit metro area memorials, mausoleums and grave markers designed by Albert Kahn, Inc.

Join host Joyce Hunter of the African American Cultural and Historical Museum and interviewees from Phase 10 of the Living Oral History Project. These interviews serve as a road map illustrating what local African Americans witnessed, experienced, and contributed to building the community we share today.  Watch a clip reel of interviews with Carol Allen, Alice Brennan-Key, Sandra Harris, Carl James Johnson, and Janie Lee Ross, followed by a meet and greet and refreshments.

Howdy Holmes, CEO of the Chelsea Milling Company, will present a talk on the family-owned milling company that produced the first baking mixes sold in the U.S. The company's best known and best-selling mix is Jiffy Mix corn muffins, which accounts for over 90% of its retail sales. _This event is in partnership with the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor._

Join author, photographer and architectural historian Dale A. Carlson as he discusses over forty significant stained glass installations in the Detroit metro area, including a dozen here in Washtenaw County. Examinations of contemporary and classic makers represented locally, notable transplantations, and top local single-site collections fill out this compelling look at Metro Detroit's singular stained glass legacy.

This event includes a signing with books and photo prints for sale.