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Posts tagged with "Mahmoud El-Kati"
Dred Scott’s story a ‘springboard’ into authentic Black history
May. 29 | That in turn can help free both U.S. Whites and Blacks By Charles Hallman Staff Writer She always knew about them, but Dred and Harriet Scott’s great-great granddaughter says she’s learning more about them every day. Lynne Jackson heads...
MPS revising Black history curriculum
Feb. 27 | Mahmoud El-Kati calls for a ‘radical’ change to educating youth By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Following two recent incidents that occurred at Minneapolis high schools — a Black doll hung by the neck from a...
South High food fight gives voice to Somali student’s frustrations
Feb. 27 | One student response to turmoil is to “mix it up” culturally By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer “We don’t feel safe,” said 16-year-old Kowsar Mohamed, a Somali student at South High, during a recent press conference addressing...
Minnesota griot honored by Turning Point
Feb. 20 | Mahmoud El-Kati talks about race and democracy By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer Mahmoud El-Kati. Mention the name and you’ve said it all: icon historian, scholar and griot. And he can talk your ear off. That’s okay. When he’s...
Robin Hickman: community treasure
Oct. 17 | By Maya Beecham and Mahmoud El Kati Contributing Writers Robin Hickman On a late, sunny fall afternoon at a busy café in St. Paul, a woman in her early 30’s talked with a teenage girl she was recently introduced to. The girl’s eyes...
Short films’ premiere celebrates voting power of communities of color
Oct. 10 | By Vickie Evans-Nash Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, October 11, between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis will host a unique red-carpet event. Guests will be greeted at the door, and as they arrive their entrance will...
Local Black scholars screen, critique film on 1963 Children’s Crusade
Oct. 3 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Re-enactments of true events in documentaries are common practice. University of Minnesota professors Rose Brewer and John Wright both were critical of the use of re-enactments in Mighty Times: The Children’s...
‘Long overdue’ Black museum dedicated
Jun. 6 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Roxanne Givens’ dream of a Black museum finally became a reality as the Minnesota African American Museum (MAAM) was formally dedicated last weekend. Those present for the ceremony agreed they were...
For Native people, progress toward equity is ‘painfully slow’
Apr. 18 | By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer Last year, Dr. Anton Treuer received an honorable mention at the St. Paul Foundation’s Facing Race Ambassador Awards for his work in culture revitalization through the Ojibwe language...
