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

1July 7, 2021Why We must always confront Hate Groups when they come to town

1July 6, 2021The KKK paid $10 for a permit to hold a rally in Grand Rapids in 1995 and the GRPD protected them

2July 1, 2021The KKK held a rally on a farm in Kent County in 1970

3June 30, 2021The Legacy of the 1925 Klan Gathering in Grand Rapids

15June 24, 2021A People’s History of the End the Contract Campaign in Kent County

0November 18, 2020International Solidarity in Grand Rapids: Remembering when GR mobilized to protest the US sponsored murder of priests in El Salvador

4August 20, 2020Reflecting on lessons learned from offering Sanctuary to Central Americans in Grand Rapids in the 1980s

1July 14, 2020We don’t need no stinking permits to protest: 100 years of dissent and disruption in Grand Rapids

0July 6, 2020Grand Rapids, Statues and White Supremacy

1June 21, 2020What we can learn from the 1967 riot/uprising in Grand Rapids and how it compares to what is happening in 2020