Second Baptist also opened the city's first school for black children in 1839, and in 1843 and 1865 hosted a "State Convention of Colored Citizens" to petition the Michigan government for Negro Suffrage.
1839年，第二浸信会开办了该市第一所黑人学校，并于1843年和1865年主办了“全州有色人种公民大会”，请求密歇根政府给予黑人选举权。