Let’s talk! Tom and Cookie would like to start a conversation about race relations in the Metro Detroit region. We want to share stories of growing up in Detroit in the 1960s and what we, as a community, can do to improve open communication between blacks and white and people of all races. Please contact us to request a date for your upcoming event. Whether you’re looking for a book club discussion, book signing event, or just a chance to gather a group for coffee and conversation, we’d love to be part of your plans. Here’s a list of our upcoming appearances.
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Book Signing and Conversation
February 7, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Location: Meeting Room
Series: Black History Month
Tom Daniels and Tom ‘Cookie’ Marsh will be the first to tell you that race isn’t everything, but it did shape the way they experienced the world growing up in Detroit. Marsh grew up in a black neighborhood on the west side and Daniels grew up in a mixed, working-class neighborhood on the east side. Both saw their city and their world transform around them through the Civil Rights movement, riots, and the Vietnam War.
As each man tells his story, it is apparent that race isn’t just black and white but is part of what makes their friendship extraordinary. While race made for huge differences in their experiences, there are also touching similarities that made it possible for two men, in their older years, to overcome their upbringing to become lifelong friends. Meet both authors, hear their story and be inspired.