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/

In this episode PJ and Colleen talk about a former neighborhood of St Petersburg, Florida called Peppertown. It was a predominantly African American neighborhood. In this episode PJ talks about Stewart's Memorial Chapel as well as a minister from Africa named Pela Penick.

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On this episode we discuss Colleen's One Place Study about the neighborhood she grew up in. Our special guest in this episode is Colleen's brother, Tim. The neighborhood they grew up in was the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Learn more about the One Place Study here: https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/

Learn about the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association here: https://www.rooseveltparkna.org/

Find Tim over at Friends Talking Nerdy (you can find them on Spotify, Apple, or any podcatcher of your choice.) https://open.spotify.com/show/3eAqLDDWbIoXmejsxw8hEz?si=f1e1e8d72615469f You can follow us on Twitter @TheirVoices_Pod, Instagram @theirvoicespod, and Facebook.