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Community involvement now emphasized in Mpls Park Board planning
Jun. 5 | By Jamal Denman Online Editor Over the years, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has had its fair share of critics. Often the criticism has come from residents concerned about the amount of effort the Board and its...
Black school suspensions twice the population rates in St. Paul suburbs
Jun. 5 | Claims of progress challenged By Charles Hallman Staff Writer FIFTH IN A SERIES According to 2010-11 and 2011-12 Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) suspension data, nine of 11 St. Paul suburban school...
In love or not, Keith gets bored just hanging around
Jun. 5 | Editor’s note: This is the 17th episode of “Black & Single Blues” since the series began in our February 14 issue. Thus far, Dwight Hobbes’ continuation and expansion of a story that originally appeared in Essence magazine...
Being ‘the Only One’ can render one invisible
Jun. 5 | The little boy in the 1974 movie Claudine told James Earl Jones’ character that he wanted to be invisible. When asked why, the frustrated youngest son of Diahann Carroll’s character simply replied that since his older siblings...
It’s Heat vs. Spurs in NBA finals
Jun. 5 | Thursday, June 6 the begin in Miami for the third-straight year. The Miami Heat have won the Eastern Conference and will play for the Larry O’Brien Trophy against the San Antonio Spurs. Miami was pushed to the limit a seventh and...
Devoted Lynx fan honored — Might this suggest the team is finally acknowledging its Black fan base?
Jun. 5 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer She’s seen it all — the team’s first-ever victory in 1999, the endless roster changes, the hiring of two Black female head coaches, a rookie-of-the-year winner and sixth woman winner, and...
Many unaware of Park Board’s huge impact on inner-city youth
Jun. 5 | Candidates of color encouraged to run for commissioner seats News Analysis By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The public positions on this November fifth’s Minneapolis municipal ballot to which candidates will be seeking election will include...
Justice for David Cornelius Smith — David C. Smith In spite of obstruction of justice from the Mpls. Civil Rights Dept.
Jun. 5 | On Friday, May 24, 2013, Minneapolis City Council awarded $3.75 million to the family of David C. Smith, a 28 year-old African American. The case was handled by the Bennett Law Firm. All tax payers’ money. Since 2006, the City of Minneapolis...
On having to prove one’s self-worth
Jun. 5 | Ossie Davis (1917-2005) remembered a Southern sheriff pouring syrup on his head as a child. Davis regarded this incident as pivotal, instilling what he called the “ni***r” effect in his mind: a form, function and reaction of cowardice...
