To undertake a study of Black Historical Sites and the Cultures of other ethnic groups in the community, it requires purposeful intent and a direct plan of action. As students involved in the "Detroit-Based Freedom Tour," you will be exposed to the following unique study plan. Be open to the possibilities' When the word "study" is mentioned, your thoughts may be "Oh no, study in the summer." Be patient, TRUST IN THE PROCESS!

You will see that after getting involved, many skills will be acquired that will bring success in other areas of your life. Participation Training- Creative Planning is an experience designed to provide critical thinking and goal setting skills. Photography involves capturing symbols, objects and people. These are a potent ways to communicate messages. Master those skills. Once photographed, the evidence is visual, documented, and irrefutable in the historical record.

Any kind of historical research starts at home. Begin with your family. Think of it as a Genealogical Research "Tree of Knowledge." With so much to do, and so little time to complete the work, your time is very valuable. Manage it carefully. Skills acquired in the area of professional Time Management can be utilized in the academic and the business world. Finally, bringing all of this knowledge together in a publishable book will assist other Freedom Tour participants in understanding and appreciating the history of other cultures—and most important the history of their own culture. Historical and Library Research, combined with exciting photography, brings history and historical places and events back to life! It also brings people and cultures closer together. Michigan Coalition for Human Rights Detroit Based Freedom Tour

You never know whom you may meet on this "Journey of Discovery." Possibly Mrs. Rosa L. Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, or noted historians such as Reginald R. Larrie, professor at Wayne County Community College, or even future leaders of the 21 st Century such as United States Navy Commander Thomas R. Daniel, Jr., of the U.S.S. Samuel Eliot Morison, the first African-American commanding officer of a guided missile frigate.

One must study learn about oneself. "This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great 'world house' in which we have to live together—black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Hindu—a family separated in ideas, culture and interests, who, because we can never again live apart, must learn somehow to live with each other in peace." [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]

The following pages in this Study Guide is a road map to greater "Cultural Literacy." The goal of this Black Historical Sites Tour Directory and Multi- cultural Workbook is to make your path a smooth one. By participating in this unique program, you have begun your first step. Good Luck?

Participation Training is a series of related experiences designed to provide a small group of persons (10-20) with help in becoming a working team. It allows persons to develop skills in listening, respecting the ideas of others and to develop a sense of relatedness to others. Through these experiences it helps participants become aware of themselves, and learn how they affect others and what helps and hinders their participation.

Creative Planning is process is designed to plan a meeting, workshop or any event in a detailed manner. The process is a six step process that consists of the following:

1. finding a common interest or need

2. Breaking down the need or interest

3. Setting a Goal

4. Survey available resources

5. Selecting approriate techniques of presenting ideas, information or opininons.

6. Outling the meeting and assigning responsibilities.

After using this process the end result is a detailed planned event.

Photography is an image producing process which uses black & white or color film, video tape, and still cameras, video cameras or direct to computer disk cameras. The creative still photographer and/or action videographer is still an integral part of the photographic process. The photographic image is the world's most potent propaganda tool. Why? Because images are generally shot from an individual's ethnocentric point of view. All images can be slanted in a positive or negative way. Learn to be aware of your angles, and the angles of other photographs you may look at. Cameras in the hands of youthful and enthusiastic photographers can also have a therapeutic value. Because people can create images that reflect their personal lives. Personal and creative im- ages are also useful in providing physiological release which may help ease the pain, or show the joy of the photographer! Have fun and look for the best angle to shoot your next photograph.

The term Time Management is paradoxical. In fact, time is a fixed quantity. It is always there, always the same. Time cannot be bought or sold. It must be spent; it can not be saved. Time can not be lost or found. The only variable you have is how you choose to spend those 24 hours—or 86,400 seconds— every day. Time management really means learning how to manage yourself with respect to time. Consider the next day or week of your life. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE'!? Be specific. Write them down. The only way to achieve goals is to set objectives, and to arrange your life so that you can ac- complish them. Understand that life is composed of repetitive but necessary tasks that must be completed. Know that and move on. Try to banish or at least minimize all the time-wasting tasks from your day. Use a daily planner/ schedule book to organize your time. STICK TO IT!

Other helpful hints include assigning each task a completion date. Complete it! If it is a large task, divide it into sections to make completion easier. Structure your days. Maximize the time you have—you will appreciate it later in life. Finally, yet most important, Prioritize your daily tasks, create a "To Do Today List" and use it daily! Be real and honest. All tasks are not equally important. A "Do It Today" list is used to: get you to think about which tasks are the most important; put more important tasks before less important tasks, and enable you to check off what you get done—and to see both progress and how much more needs to be done.

Research Papers The "research paper" represents the results of careful investigation of a subject. To produce a successful paper, it must clearly express facts and ideas and must accurately document sources used. Preparation is the key to writing a good research paper. This includes finding information, selecting and interpret- ing your data, and evaluating resource materials. When researching information on the history of African-Americans, much of the information will be difficult to find. But you must be persistent! Just as if you are a master detective. Search for every possible clue, idea, resource citation, and please please utilize the expertise of the librarian. Search out "librarians" who have an interest in Black History. Document your sources. Photocopy pictures and other material for visual evidence and for a dramatic impact on your audience. The information is out there? You must diligently search for it.

In actually writing the research paper, hints include creating an outline. Prepare a first, second and even a third draft of your paper. You should carefully revise the paper each time. Always check for spelling errors and those nasty gram- matical mistakes. Type the final draft for a professional appearance. Utilize the accompanying "Questionnaire" as an on-site information gathering tool. You are now "Sherlock Holmes." Good Luck and Best Wishes!!? A Black Historical Sites Tour Directory and Multi-Cultural Experience Workbook

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