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Students celebrate black history, diversity through arts

“Let Us Remember.”
“Let No Man Pull You Down.”
“Vision of Equality.”
“The World We Dream.”
“I am a Black Woman.”
“I am a Man.”

Mikaila Hancock delivers ‘Mine All Mine’

The titles of  performances said it all at the eighth annual Black History Diversity Celebration Feb. 13 in the East Kentwood High School auditorium. Uplifting poems, skits, dances and music were all part of the night, along with displays from schools celebrating the diversity of different cultures and a community dinner. Despite missing many rehearsals because of the school closing due to the weather, “the kids were super awesome,” said Jamie L. Gordon, a program committee member and executive director of human resources at the school. The experience was more than just a performance, though. “Through doing it the students learn some of the history they didn’t know,” Gordon said, adding the event’s goal is to be a “call to action that reminds us that it will take all of us, side by side, to continue our progress.”

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Linda Odette
Linda Odette
Linda Odette is a freelance writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience in journalism. She’s worked primarily as an editor in feature departments at newspapers in West Michigan, including the Grand Rapids Press, the Muskegon Chronicle and the Holland Sentinel. She lives in East Grand Rapids near the Eastown edge, has a teenage son and a daughter in college. Read Linda's full bio or email Linda.

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