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Archive for January, 2013
Todd Joseph Mitchell July 23, 1962 — January 29, 2013
Jan. 30 | Todd Joseph Mitchell was born on July 23, 1962, in Minneapolis, MN to Joseph and Kathleen Mitchell. Todd Mitchell passed away while surrounded by loved ones on January 29, 2013. Todd was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Mitchell, and sister,...
Penumbra exceeds fundraising goal: Programming resumes this spring
Jan. 29 | January 7, 2013, St. Paul, MN — Over 1,400 individuals, corporations and foundations donated $359,000 by December 30, 2012 to Penumbra Theatre Company. The Penumbra Summer Institute, a nationally recognized three-year arts education and...
Black History Month Calendar of Events
Jan. 29 | Black History Month Calendar of Events Through Wed., Feb. 6 Thursday, January 31 6:30-7:30 pm — My Soul Looks Back, Sumner Library, 611 Van White Mem. Blvd., Minneapolis Celebrate Black History Month with songs, poetry and stories that give...
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Jan. 29 | This January 1 marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The original purpose for the document core to President Abraham Lincoln’s presidency may have been to free slaves, or it may have been solely a strategic move to...
Purchase a 2013 Minnesota Black History Calendar
Jan. 24 | Click the image above to email us your calendar request, or email [email protected] for information.
Obama presidency gives African Americans hope for ‘a more perfect union’
Jan. 23 | By Vickie Evans-Nash Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 800,000 people were in attendance on the National Mall for the 2013 presidential inauguration. Though the crowd may not have equaled the size of the 2009 gathering, this...
Inaugural evoked spirit of ‘We the people’ joined in common cause
Jan. 23 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. – Barack Obama, who became the third consecutive U.S. president to deliver a second Inauguration Address, told the nation Monday that it is up to all of us to “act in...
MLK Day march covered broad spectrum of human-rights issues
Jan. 23 | By Jerry Freeman MSR Senior Editor Over 100 people braved below-zero temperatures Monday, Jan. 21, to march in the Second Annual MLK, Jr. March for Jobs, Justice and Housing organized by Occupy the Hood MN. The march’s aim was...
‘Fierce urgency’ stressed at MLK Breakfast
Jan. 23 | Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, told nearly 2,000 people attending the 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast January 21, “We need to wake up.” Specifically, she urged the sold-out...
