To mark Juneteenth on Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a video featuring brief conversations with Black elected leaders from around Michigan, and two of her guests are familiar faces in Southwest Michigan. In Whitmer’s video, she chats with Berrien County Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford, asking what Juneteenth means to him. “To me, it is a celebration of my history,” Pitchford said. “My name is Chokwe. It’s a West African name. I try to …
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