The month-long series will kick off with City of Detroit Historian Jamon Jordan annual speech on Black arts history in Detroit, which will air at 7 p.m. on Channel 22 and on all social media platforms. The series will include videos on Detroit’s history and impact in Jazz, Gospel, Architecture, and Comedy.  Detroit ACE encourages the community to tune Monday through Friday to view each segment.

Jordan, the first City Historian in Detroit history, gave last year’s lecture at the historic Second Baptist Church, a site on the Underground Railroad. This year, to honor the Detroit Lions, he will speak from Ford Field, home to the most successful Lions team in years.

These lectures are in addition to the hundreds of tours, speeches, workshops and lessons he offers to communities across the region.

“We are so proud to be one of the cities in America with an official historian who is teaching the rich history of Detroit, history that every American should know and every Michigan child should be taught,” said Rochelle Riley, the city’s Director of Arts and Culture in whose office Jordan works. “This position is one of the most important Mayor Mike Duggan has ever appointed and speaks to how much this administration values history and culture and the contributions of Detroiters to American history.”