Speaker Series
All Clarke Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. Please contact us at clarke@cmich.edu or 989.774.3864 if you are in need of accommodation or information about connecting
to online presentations via telephone.
SPEAKER: Matthew Skic

Tuesday, March 28
7:00 PM
via Webex - Registration required
Matthew Skic, Curator of Exhibitions at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, will discuss the research behind the Museum’s newest special exhibit about African American Revolutionary War veteran James Forten and his family’s efforts to battle slavery and defend freedom in the early United States. The exhibit features a letter written by James Forten’s daughter, Sarah L. Forten, in 1836 that is on loan from the Clarke Historical Library’s John Greenleaf Whittier Papers. Skic will share the Museum’s exciting effort to track down Forten family items and documents now spread out around the country.
David M. and Eunice Sutherland Burgess Endowed Speaker:
Arthur Yorinks - My Life in the Arts
Tuesday, April 11
7:00 PM
via Webex - Registration required
