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Print Celebrates 1960s Freedom Rider from Grand Rapids, Walter Bergman

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

Over two years ago, we posted an article about Walter Bergman, a university professor from Michigan, who was badly beaten while participating in the Freedom Rides in 1960. In that article we honored the commitment and sacrifice that Dr. Bergman … Continue reading →

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Grand Rapids Freedom Rider Walter Bergman

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

If one is serious about fighting institutionalized racism and white supremacy, then one must be prepared to take risks. This is exactly what Walter Bergman, a retired teacher had done in May of 1961, when he decided to be part … Continue reading →

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Archival photo from Central America Solidarity Protest in the early 1980s Grand Rapids

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

(Thanks to Barb Lester for sharing this photo.) As we have written in the past, there was a lively Central American Solidarity movement in Grand Rapids in the 1980s that lasted well into the 1990s. Those who organized in the … Continue reading →

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