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Gordy Blvd is Grand

 October 20, 2007

Motown royalty gathered in Detroit to celebrate the renaming of a section of Grand Avenue in honor of founder Berry Gordy, Jr. Susan Whitall covers the names and faces who attended.

Tagged Berry Gordy, Motown

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