Late Detroiter James Wheeler curated exhibits and traveled around the world showing his rare collection of Black media. The collection of more than 40,000 pieces features film, visual arts, albums, books, magazines, artifacts and so much more. Wheeler's daughter and co-founder of The Black Canon and The Black Canon Collection Alima Trapp joins The Metro to talk about it. Also, Motor City Cinema Society co-founder John Monaghan joins the show to discuss an event showing pieces from the collection on Monday.

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