By WKTV Staff
Race, Riot and Reconciliation: The Uprising of 1967
**Thursday, February 6, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
(Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch 4950 Breton SE Kentwood)
Did the City of Grand Rapids accurately address the root causes of the unrest, or are the same mistakes still being made today? What have we learned in the last 57 years? Explore these questions and more through this thought-provoking exhibit, film and lecture.
Doug Williams, Vince Evans and the Making of the Black Quarterback
**Thursday, February 13, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
(Cascade Township Branch 2870 Jacksmith Ave. SE Grand Rapids)
Doug Williams and Vince Evans joined the NFL in the late 1970s, and as some of the first Black quarterbacks in the league, they faced death threats and racism that could have ended their careers almost before they began. Hear Williams’ and Evans’ stories and the influence their successes had on football and America from Dr. Louis Moore, author of The Great Black Hope.
KDL Author Talks | Lee Hawkins
**Tuesday, February 18, 2 to 3 p. m.
(Online Event)
Enjoy an engaging online conversation with Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he shares about his personal examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in his memoir I Am Nobody’s Slave. Click here to register.
