On Thursday, June 20, 6:30 p.m., at the Library of Michigan, Lake Erie Room, librarian and author Christine Byron and Sophia Brewer, Serials and Collection Development Librarian, Grand Rapids Community College, will present a program on “Senator” Joe Ford and Emma Ford. Joe was the Keeper of the Senate Cloak Room at the State Capitol for decades. Ford emerged from Slavery to become an important administrator from 1881-1937 in Lansing. Emma was equally involved in her communities, owning a restaurant on Mackinac Island.