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Podcast: Michigan Minute
Episode: Grand Rapids Wins the Name Game & Merze Tate's Birth | Feb 6
Description: On this day in 1844, the Grand Rapids vs. Kent dispute was settled, officially naming it Grand Rapids. In 1905, Merze Tate was born in Blanchard, Michigan. She became the first African American woman to achieve numerous academic milestones and joined Howard University's History Department.