Juneteenth

Juneteenth, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, Grand Rapids Drum Circle, She Runs Grand Rapids, and Shadblow Theatre.

George Bayard discusses this important day.

Dee Morrison looks at the large need for foster families in Kent County, MDOT is hosting a meeting about M-46, Ottawa County is exploring micro homes as a solution to the housing crisis, and more.

Juneteenth is Wednesday June 19 and celebrations are planned in Grand Rapids to commemorate the holiday

A few dozen people from Lansing’s faith-based communities gathered on the capitol lawn today for an apology for slavery.

Jazz society holding concert in park, Muskegon County employees get day off

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II proclaimed June 19th as Juneteenth Celebration Day in Michigan.

Today is Juneteeth and tonight hear music in tribute.

Juneteenth hearkens the arrival on June 19, 1865, of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slaves in the former Confederacy were freed under the Emancipation Proclamation

Saturday’s blood drive aims to increase blood supplies in the area and boost awareness of the dangers of sickle cell anemia among the African American community. The event runs from 9:30am - 1:30pm at Brown-Hutcherson Ministries in Grand Rapids.