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Michigan City kicks off Black History Month with keynote from Urbana mayor
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Michigan City’s Black History Month kickoff brunch featured a prayer, a welcome from Mayor Angie Nelson Deitch, acknowledgments of sponsors and officials, and a keynote by Deshaun Williams of Urbana, Illinois, who urged investment in young people and community legacy.
Michigan City opened its 2026 Black History Month observances with a kickoff brunch that included an invocation, remarks from local leaders and a keynote address by Deshaun Williams, mayor of Urbana, Illinois.
Mayor Angie Nelson Deitch welcomed attendees and acknowledged a long list of local, county and state officials in the room, framing the program around the committee’s theme: “a century of black excellence from our roots to our future.” Pastor Ron Gaston of Temple Worship Center opened the event with a prayer asking for blessings on the program…
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