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

0August 23, 202360 years ago, Grand Rapids participated in the 1963 March on Washington

0August 22, 2023I was invited to talk a little Grand Rapids People’s History during an East Hills Council of Neighbors walking tour on Monday night

0July 19, 2023The 1967 riots in Grand Rapids were a response to police violence, poverty, poor housing and other systems of oppression

0July 16, 2023A Radical Walking Tour of Grand Rapids: An invitation

1July 2, 2023Nearly a century ago, thousands of Klan members descended on Grand Rapids to celebrate the 4th of July

0June 27, 2023Faux News, Structural Racism and the perpetuation of White Supremacy in Grand Rapids

0June 22, 2023Interview with Delia Fernandez-Jones: Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

0June 21, 202360 years ago a freedom march was held in Detroit, sort of a test run for the march in Washington

0June 18, 2023Challenging the institutionalized homophobia at WOODTV8 is still necessary after 35 years of Pride Celebrations in Grand Rapids

0June 1, 2023A brief history of Pride in Grand Rapids