Black and Jewish America: The Detroit Story
Free Public Screening and Panel Discussion
Tuesday March 3 | 6:30 PM
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
In conjunction with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s latest PBS documentary series, “Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History,” Detroit PBS is hosting a special event to explore the issues it raises from a uniquely Detroit perspective. A screening of film highlights will be followed by a panel discussion with eminent local historians and community leaders.
A screening of film highlights will be followed by a panel discussion with eminent local historians and community leaders.
Please note that Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr will not be in attendance for this event.
The panel will consist of:
• Moderator: Angelique Power, president and CEO of the Skillman Foundation
• Ken Coleman, journalist and author, eminent historian of Black life in Detroit
• Catherine Cangany, scholar and historian, CEO of Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
• Rev. Aramis Hinds, Lead Pastor of Breakers Covenant Church International, and member of Detroit PBS Black Church in Detroit Advisory Committee
• Rabbi Ariana Silverman of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit’s last freestanding synagogue
