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Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, with a parade along Eastern Avenue, followed by traditional music, dance and vendor displays in Dickinson Buffer Park. The parade ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Multiple organizations in the region are hosting events to celebrate Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. June 19, 1865, marks the ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — This Juneteenth, many events are planned to celebrate the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in America. The holiday, shorthand for June 19th, falls on a Monday this ...
In Grand Rapids, the community came together to celebrate Juneteenth at Dickinson Dundunba Park Wednesday, June 19, 2024, with a Black parade, live music, food, traditional dancing, and giveaways.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Several events are set to take place in West Michigan this weekend in commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday. On June 19, 1865, the last of the enslaved people in ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Eastern Avenue on the city’s southeast side was blocked off for a few hours on Monday as dozens of people marched, waved flags, and pounded on African drums in honor of ...
With Juneteenth gaining national recognition just this week, it is also the first year that the annual Juneteenth celebration in Grand Rapids is a city-sponsored event. City leaders approved that ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids will now allow fireworks to be set off to mark Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people.
Local apparel company Justice 4 All is once again hosting an afternoon of food and fun to celebrate black culture as the Juneteenth Jam is returning for its third year in downtown Grand Rapids ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A protest can look like signs, yelling, marching, calling for change. But Friday evening in downtown Grand Rapids, it looked like all of that plus a celebration. A unity ...
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