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Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #13: The Klan in Grand Rapids 1925

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

Last semester, art students in Brett Colley’s GVSU class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading →

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A Brief history of the KKK in West Michigan

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

It is important as we continue to reflect on and investigate a People’s History of Grand Rapids, that we not ignore the systems of oppression and power that have historically sought to impose their will on various sectors of civil … Continue reading →

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