REALLY IT WAS A HIT AND RUN RUN IS A BAD THING. MIKE, TELL ME THE BREAD. CATCH. MAN GOT IT.
TODAY’S LIVE IN THE D IS
SPONSORED IN PART BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
BUILD A BOUNDLESS FUTURE. WELL
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AND LEARN ABOUT IMPORTANT EVENTS
AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO
HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE AND ARE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND OUR
SPONSOR, UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
MERCY HAS A VARIETY OF EVENTS
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO
TAKE PART IN. WE ARE JOINED BY
KRISTEN JOHNSTON, WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY
AND INCLUSION ALONG WITH ROY
THINKING BUYING PROFESSOR OF
HISTORY AND THE DIRECTOR OF
BLACK ABOLITION OF THE BLACK
ABOLITIONIST ARCHIVE. THANK YOU
BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US
TO BE HERE IS GREAT. SO U D
MERCY HAS PUT TOGETHER A MONTH
LONG PROGRAM CELEBRATING THE
GIFT OF MLK AND BLACK HISTORY.
WHY IS THIS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
TIME? WELL LIKE WE ALL KNOW
BLACK HISTORY IS VERY BIG PART
OF AMERICAN HISTORY. BLACK
PEOPLE IN AMERICA HAVE BEEN
WOVEN INTO THE TAPESTRY OF OUR
COUNTRY IN OUR CITY, AND SO WE
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND
FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE
OUR FACULTY AND STAFF STUDENTS,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR
BLACKNESS AND CELEBRATE THAT
WITH THEM SO EXCITED. NOW. WHAT
KIND OF PROGRAMS CAN PEOPLE LOOK
FORWARD TO? SO THERE ARE A
MYRIAD OF PROGRAMS. I’M GOING TO
TALK ABOUT A FEW, AND I THINK DR
THINKING ABOUT IS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A FEW, BUT TWO VERY REALLY
COOL ONES. ONE IS ON OUR
MCNICHOLS CAMPUS LIBRARY. WE’RE
HAVING THE DETROIT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY IS HOSTING AN EXHIBIT
DOCUMENTING DETROIT AND SO
THAT’S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY,
AND IT WILL BE OPEN FOR THE
WHOLE MONTH AS WELL AS THAT ARE
DENTAL CAMPUS. THERE’S A BLACK
LIVES MATTER EXHIBIT THAT PEOPLE
CAN VISIT. SO VERY INTERESTING.
NOW. ARE THESE EVENTS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC? THEY ARE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC, AND YOU CAN FIND THEM,
UM, AND THE DETROIT MERCY
WEBSITE. VERY NICE. VERY NICE.
AND DETROIT HAS SUCH UNIQUE
BLACK HISTORY RIGHT THAT FITS IN
TO THE LARGER PICTURE THAT
PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.
SO THIS IS GREAT. NOW PROFESSOR
, THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT WITH
THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
WINNER. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THIS? YEAH IT’S A TIME MILES WHO
WAS FROM MICHIGAN BUT NOW
TEACHES AT HARVARD WON THE 2021
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR A BOOK
THAT YOU SEE THERE IN FRONT OF
YOU, UH, CALLED ALL THAT SHE
CARRIED, AND IT’S AN INTERESTING
BOOK. IT’S A BOOK ABOUT AN
ARTIFACT. UM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IN THE PERIOD OF SLAVERY. A
WOMAN NAMED ROSE AND HER
DAUGHTER ASHLEY FOUND THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO BE SEPARATED BY
SALE, AND ROSE SPENT THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE SALE
OCCURRED. SEWING A SACK. AND
LOADING IT WITH THINGS THAT SHE
THOUGHT HER DAUGHTER WHO SHE’D
NEVER SEE AGAIN WOULD NEED
THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AS A SLAVE,
AND IT’S THIS HEARTFELT STORY
AND VERY WELL TOLD STORY AND
TIME. MILES IS GOING TO BE WITH
US. VIRTUALLY YOU CAN FIND THE
LINK ON THE UDM U D MERCY
WEBSITE, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE
AH, GIVE YOU THE U R L FOR, UM
IT’LL BE SEVEN O’CLOCK FEBRUARY
6TH MONDAY NIGHT. AS YOU
DESCRIBED IT. I COULD FEEL IT
RIGHT IN MY CHEST. THAT IS
HEARTFELT, INDEED, THAT TELL US
ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY. ON
FEBRUARY 25TH AT SEVEN PM IN THE
BALLROOM IN THE STUDENT CENTER,
AND THE MCNICHOLS CAMPUS WILL
HAVE AN EVENT. UH, WHERE WE’LL
BE SHOWING A NEW DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT A MAN IMPORTANT DETROIT
HISTORY WHO YOU MAY NEVER HAVE
HEARD OF CALLED OCEAN SUITE.
OCEAN SUITE. THIS IS IN THE MID
19 TWENTIES, WAS A BLACK
PHYSICIAN AT A TIME WHERE
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN DETROIT
WERE CONSIGNED TO A VERY SMALL
AREA OF THESE SIDE CALLED BLACK
BOTTOM PARADISE VALLEY, AND HE
AND MARRIED A YOUNG WIFE. HE
WANTED TO GET HER INTO THE
NICEST HOME POSSIBLE. AND HE
BOUGHT A HOUSE IN A COMMUNITY
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A LARGELY
WHITE COMMUNITY WHEN HE WENT TO
MOVE IN A MOB ATTACKED THE HOUSE
, UH, SWEET AND HIS RELATIVES
FIRED BACK. TWO PEOPLE DIED AND
BECAME A MAJOR COURT CASE.
CLARENCE DARROW, THE YOU KNOW
THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN
ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, PROVIDED
THE DEFENSE FRANK MURPHY, AN
IMPORTANT NAME IN MICHIGAN
HISTORY WAS THE JUDGE. AND IT IS
THE CASE THAT NOT ONLY LED TO
THE SWEETS ACQUITTAL ESTABLISHED
THE RIGHT TO DEFEND YOUR OWN
HOME BUT CREATED THE LEGAL
DEFENSE FUND AND SO THEY’LL BE
SHOWING THE DOCUMENTARY AND THEN
A PANEL INVOLVING THREE DETROIT
MERCY PEOPLE WITH CLOSE TIES TO
THE CASE. ONE DANIEL BAXTER,
DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS FROM THE
CITY OF DETROIT, WHO MADE THE
DOCUMENTARY AND GREW UP IN THE
SWEET HOME. WOW AND HE WILL BE
PART OF THE PANEL ART BEER
PROFESSOR MERITUS FROM OUR
THEATER PROGRAM WHO WROTE AN
AWARD WINNING PLAY ABOUT THE
CASE CALLED MALICE AFORETHOUGHT.
AND THE OTHER BOOK YOU SEE
THERE. KEVIN BOYLE, ONE OF OUR
HISTORY ALARMS WHO NOW TEACHES
AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND
WROTE THE BOOK ARC OF JUSTICE
ABOUT THE CASE, WHICH WON THE
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN 2004.
THAT’S FASCINATING NOW REALLY
QUICKLY WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND
THE FULL LINEUP OF THE SCHEDULED
EVENTS? IF YOU GO TO U D MERCY
DOT E D U MAIN PAGE WILL COME UP
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAIN
PAGE. THERE’S A AN ARTICLE YOU
CAN CLICK ON. WITH THE POSTER
YOU SEE THERE, UH AND IT IT
COVERS THE WHOLE LIST OF EVENTS
. HOW YOU CAN RSVP’D FOR THE
VIRTUAL EVENT. UH AND OTHER
EVENTS. AWESOME THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO SEE THAT FULL LINE UP OF
EVENTS THIS MONTH AND LEARN MORE
ABOUT ALL THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DETROIT OFFERS VISIT THEIR
WEBSITE U D MERCY DOT E D U AND
SCROLL DOWN TO THE CELEBRATE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH IMAGE AGAIN
. THAT’S U D MERCY DOT E D U WE