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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.
Joseph William Walker Recreation Center
Joseph William Walker Recreation Center 8431 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI, United States1st Annual “Black & White Like You & Me” Gathering
Mr. Joe's Bar 26077 Twelve Mile Rd, Southfield, MI, United StatesCome join us for breakfast! This will be a time for blacks and whites to mingle, enjoy each other, and learn about each other. We consider this to be a huge part of our purpose for writing the book. Please bring your children, it's important for children to witness this special kind of bonding among […]
$12
Source Bookstore | reading and discussion
Source Booksellers 4240 Cass Ave #105, Detroit, United StatesJoin us at Source Booksellers in Detroit for book reading, discussion, and book signing.
Free
Bloomfield Township Public Library | discussion and book signing
Bloomfield Township Public Library 1099 Lone Pine, Bloomfield Twp, United StatesJoin us for a discuss the parallels of a white man and a black man growing up in Detroit and becoming friends. No registration required.
Free
Radio Interview on AM 910 Detroit
Tune in to listen to our live radio interview with Cliff Russell on AM 910 The Superstation in Detroit. If you're not local, you can watch the live broadcast online. Cliff Russell has been a fixture in Detroit-area media for more than 35 years as a news reporter, news anchor, talk-show host, columnist, media specialist […]
Lunch -n- Learn at University of Detroit Mercy
Univeristy of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road, Detroit, MIAlumni Tom Daniels and Thomas "Cookie" Marsh will discuss their new book, Black and White Like You & Me: Parallel Lines Sometimes Intersect, followed by a book signing. The book tells the story of growing up in Detroit in the 1950s and 1960s on different sides of the racial divide and becoming best friends later in […]
Book Signing and Conversation at Metro D
Metro D 112 Adams Road, Rochester Hills, MI, United StatesCome join us for a book signing and conversation at The Metro D at the Villiage of Rochester Hills. Metro D brings a little bit of Detroit to Rochester Hills with Detroit gear and fun paraphernalia showing of their Detroit pride. Come in and check out the full line of Detroit Respect t-shirts, sweatshirts, tanks, hats, and […]
Book Signing & Conversation
Pages Book Shop 19560 Grand River Ave, Detroit, MI, United StatesEven in 1960s Detroit, race isn't everything. Tom Daniels and "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 in the 1950s and 60s. Tom "Cookie" Marsh grew up in a black neighborhood on Detroit's west side. […]
Book Signing and Conversation
Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Rd, Southfield, MI, United StatesLocation: 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 […]