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URL:https://dev.dexter.lib.mi.us/wp/events/we-the-people-americas-story-op
 portunity-diversity-and-belonging-across-250-years/
SUMMARY:We The People: America’s Story - Opportunity\, Diversity\, and Be
 longing Across 250 Years
DESCRIPTION:As America marks its 250th anniversary\, we’ll look at how ea
 rly families such as pilgrims\, westward settlers\, Native communities\, i
 mmigrants\, and free and enslaved Black Americans pursued opportunity whil
 e facing exclusion. We’ll follow the turning points that reshaped\nthe c
 ountry\, including westward expansion\, Native displacement\, the rise of 
 free Black communities\, and the immigration waves of the 19th  and early
  20th centuries\, and consider how the stories our families passed down (o
 r left untold) shaped our country and the lives we've inherited.\n\nAbout 
 the presenter:\n\n\n\nKatherine R. Willson of Dexter\, Michigan is an enga
 ging &amp\; dynamic genealogy and history lecturer at local\, regional\,
  and national conferences\; an educator teaching beginning\, intermediate\
 , and advanced genealogy classes in Michigan since 2001\; the author of T
 he Genealogist’s Guide to Grand Rapids\, Michigan (published in 2018 by
  The In-Depth Genealogist)\, and a professional researcher. Her research
  specialties include 19th century social reform movements\, and America
 ’s westward expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries.\n\nThis program wi
 ll be in the Library’s lower-level meeting room. Registration is suggest
 ed as this program will be moved to a Zoom presentation in the event of in
 clement weather. Scroll down to register or call 734-426-4477 (ext. 120).
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CATEGORIES:Adults
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