Contributed by Cass County Human Services Coordinating Council
CASS COUNTY (MICH.)-Who was the first African American to graduate from Oxford University? Who was the first person of color elected president of the American Bar Association? Which African American doctor, researcher and philanthropist created a Department of Dermatology at Bellison Hospital in Tel-Aviv?
Find out as author and historian Sonya Bernard-Hollins shares of these amazing African Americans and their relationship to Michigan and Cass County. Her presentation, “African Americans Who Touched Cass County and Touched the World,” is part of the Cass County Human Services Coordinating Council’s annual Black History Month series. The event also will include a tribute to Cass County’s Dan Lee by Greg Weatherspoon, along with other presentations.
The event will be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 8 at the Cass District Library, 319 M 62, Cassopolis, MI. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ruth Andrews at 269-445-0269.
