Down at the Depot Historic Speaker Series

 

We spoke with the director of the Museum of Casa Grande at the Welcome Home Party this month and heard about the presentations the museum is sponsoring each month. One program is scheduled for the second Saturday of the month at the museum and the other is the third Wednesday of the month at the Senior Center. All programs are free to the public. February's topics follow:

  

• Saturday February 14th @ The Museum 2pm:

By the Time They Came to Phoenix: African American Cotton Pickers.   Dr. Akua Duku Anokye explores the lives of migrant cotton-pickers from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in Arizona.

• Wednesday February 18th  @ The Dorothy Powell Senior Center 2pm:

Arizona Kicks on Route 66! This multi-media presentation features music, video clips, still photos and the storytelling of Marshall Shore, Arizona's Hip Historian!