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Posts from the ‘Grand Rapids People’s History Project’ Category

1May 10, 2026Students to host a rally on May 12th to demand the City of Grand Rapids adopt sanctuary policies and justice for Da’Quain Johnson

0April 29, 2026Twenty Five years ago this week people from Grand Rapids participated in the anti-Free Trade Area of the Americas protest in Canada

0April 19, 2026115 years ago people resisted the oligarchy in Grand Rapids: The 1911 Furniture Workers Strike

2April 12, 2026We can’t let the people in power in Grand Rapids dictate the narrative about the 250th anniversary of the US

0March 5, 2026Community Historians Workshop addresses issues around public education, both politically and economically for GRPS in the 1990s and 2000s

0February 17, 2026William Glenn: Civil Rights Advocate in Grand Rapids, Communist Party member and Internationalist

0February 16, 2026Doug DeVos and revisionist history of Grand Rapids since 1976: How the Capitalist Class always tries to control the narrative

0February 8, 2026GR history through the lens of those in power vs a people’s history of GR

1January 11, 2026GR history through the lens of those in power vs a people’s history of GR

3January 4, 2026New Year, same damn lies about the history of Grand Rapids