Ypsilanti as a Black City: Part One, 1825-1900

Ypsilanti as a Black City: Part One, 1825-1900. an online presentation October 12th at 7pm. Between the Civil War and around 1920, Ypsilanti was Michigan’s most populous African-American city by percentage. For generations this community, steeped in the struggle against slavery, played a leading role in the entire region’s Black life.
Join historian Matt Siegfried as we take a look at the early Black farmers of Washtenaw County, the 'Underground Railroad,' the reality of racism in the city, and how Ypsilanti’s confident and well-organized Black community, steeped in a self-determining history, responded to slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and a rising Jim Crow.
In this first part, we will also learn about the community’s rich social, cultural and political life as we place Ypsilanti's unique history in large national contexts until the beginnings of the Great Migration.

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Thank you, Matthew Siegfried, for the great research, documentation, and commentary about this important aspect of American history! The contextual nuances of your presentation are greatly appreciated as well!

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Love Ypsi ...

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Shout out to Ypsilanti from Detroit