As part of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History's 2016-2017 Liberation Film Series, on September 10, 2016 from 2-4 pm there will be a tribute to General Gordon Baker, Jr. and a commemoration of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. Featured speakers, including Frank Joyce, Will McClendon, Dr. John H. Bracey, Jr. will be discussing the 1966 Kercheval Incident, as well as Detroit in the national context of the rebellions of the 1960s. The event is free and open to the public.

Semester in Detroit faculty and alumni, as well as friends and family of General Gordon Baker Jr. will be present to give information about the Semester in Detroit program's General Gordon Baker Jr. Memorial Endowment Fund (more information can be found here: http://lsa.umich.edu/sid/giving/general-baker-scholarship.html)

We hope to see you there! Those wishing to join us from Ann Arbor can take the UM Detroit Connector (http://ridemdcc.umich.edu/schedule) - the Cultural Center stop is a short walk from the Wright Museum.

Note - event description and photo courtesy of the Charles H. Wright Museum Website (http://thewright.org/index.php/component/itsocial/event/1985)