Benton Harbor considering honoring one of it’s earliest Black entrepreneurs with park renaming
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 8, 2022
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) - Benton Harbor City leaders are moving one step closer to renaming Broadway Park to honor one of the earliest known Black leaders in the town.
The group, Neighbors Organizing Against Racism, already honored June Woods by dedicating a float to him during 2022′s Juneteenth parade.
Wood’s story not only gives us a glimpse into the history of Black people as leaders in this area in the late 1800s, but it’s also an example of how that . . .
