In this episode Colleen continues her research on the Roosevelt Neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this episode she shares her research on the Brice family. Caleb Brice and his wife were the first people in the written record that we've found who were not of Native American or European descent. The Brice's were African Americans from Pennsylvania who immigrated to Michigan from Canada after the Civil War. The family were land owners and active members of several African Methodist Episcopal churches.

You can read the blog post that this episode is closely based on at https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/the-brice-family/

Special thanks to Janet at the Norwich Archives in Ontario and to Heather from Heather's Historicals blog for help on research about this family.

http://www.norwichdhs.ca/archives.html

https://heathershistoricals.weebly.com/