{"id":53850,"date":"2015-07-28T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=53850"},"modified":"2015-07-28T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:00:17","slug":"early-african-american-settlers-of-the-maumee-valley-program-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/07\/28\/early-african-american-settlers-of-the-maumee-valley-program-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Early African-American Settlers of the Maumee Valley program tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MVHC_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor logo\" width=\"453\" height=\"106\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MVHC_logo.jpg 453w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MVHC_logo-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Calendar item from the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Early African-American Settlers of the Maumee Valley program tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Presented by the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor in partnership with the Genealogy Center, the African American Genealogy Society, and the Fort Wayne African\/African-American Historical Society Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Angie Quinn will discuss the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor&#8217;s &#8220;Layers of History,&#8221; while Curt Witcher, and Roberta Ridley will share government land office records, and other resources. John Aden, Ph.D., from the Fort Wayne African\/African-American Historical Society Museum will provide some artifacts and collection items used by early rural African American residents in our region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and time<\/strong>: July 28th at 7 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Downtown Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Meeting Room A, Fort Wayne, Indiana<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/acpl\/95756.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Rock the Plaza on the east side of the Allen County Public Library&#039;s Main Branch. 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