Hello all, October is Family History Month! We are excited to be hosting Tony Burroughs, author of *Black Roots,* for a program on Black Genealogy Basics. Tony Burroughs is founder and CEO of the Center for Black Genealogy. He is an internationally known genealogist who taught genealogy at Chicago State University for fifteen years. Burroughs researched Olympic Gold Medal sprint champion Michael Johnson’s family history and consulted on the Smokey Robinson genealogy, the Oprah Winfrey genealogy, Reverend Al Sharpton-Strom Thurmond genealogy, African American Lives2, Who Do You Think You Are, The Real Family of Jesus and consulted with Chicago Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Chicago City Colleges and Ancestry.com. ( http://www.tonyburroughs.com/bio.html) The event is in-person at Mount Clemens Public Library Tuesday, October 1 at 6pm. Please see attached flyer. Best, Brittany Fields (she/her) Department Head Local History & Genealogy Local History Librarian Mount Clemens Public Library 586-469-6200 ext 6