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

2March 16, 2022A Brief history of Women-led Movements in Grand Rapids: Part II – The Reproductive Justice Movement

3March 7, 2022A Brief history of Women-led Movements in Grand Rapids: Part I – The Women’s Suffrage Movement

0December 1, 2021In 1984, I spent 48 days in jail for refusing to sign a statement saying I would never do Civil Disobedience at a Nuclear Weapons factory in Michigan

0November 30, 2021World AIDS Day: Remembering what Reagan AIDS Commission member Richard DeVos had to say about AIDS and the Gay Community

1September 21, 202110th Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Grand Rapids

0August 25, 2021Grand Rapids participates in the 1963 March on Washington: Media Coverage and White Paternalism

1August 5, 2021A People’s History of Grand Rapids: The Anti-Nuclear Movement

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