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Coordinated attack underway to suppress the Black vote
May. 16 | NAACP launches campaign to counter new voting restrictions By Marvin Randolph Guest Commentator The 2008 U.S. presidential election brought us not only an historic election, but also record participation of minority voters....
Hall of Fame coach took father’s advice, stood up for what’s right
May. 9 | I first met C. Vivian Stringer back in the late 1980s when she was the head coach at Iowa and I was a radio reporter covering the visiting Gophers there. She discussed at length her concerns about Proposition 48, then a new NCAA-passed...
Board chair: Council on Black Minnesotans ‘under the gun’
Mar. 28 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A new executive director for Minnesota’s Council on Black Minnesotans (CBM) will be in place by June, predicts CBM Board Chairman Donavan Bailey. A Rochester resident, Bailey sat down last week...
Mpls Park Board says ‘climate’ change is underway
Feb. 8 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Since the MSR’s January 4 article “Black employees call Minneapolis Park Board a ‘toxic workplace,’” Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials say they have already undertaken...
In Troy Davis’ name, NAACP renews call to abolish the death penalty
Feb. 1 | By Derek Turner Guest Commentator Motivated by the tragic execution of Troy Davis in Georgia last September, the NAACP has renewed its fight to make the death penalty a part of America’s past. Over the next year, NAACP state representatives...
NCAA contenders looked like Black colleges
Jan. 25 | But they were not, nor do Black athletes or Black colleges share in the sport wealth A week ago, tens of millions of Americans (with millions more around the world) tuned into the NCAA BCS national championship football game, played at the...
Park Board, NAACP meet to address worker grievances
Jan. 18 | Meanwhile, complaints continue to surface By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials and the Minneapolis NAACP now are meeting to address concerns raisedby Black employees and customers....
Black employees call Mpls Park Board a “Toxic Workplace”
Jan. 4 | NAACP acts on numerous complaints from workers and customers By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A six-month Minneapolis NAACP investigation into employment conditions among African Americans at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation...
Our voting rights are under attack
Dec. 14 | By Benjamin Todd Jealous Guest Commentator In legislatures across the county, misguided state politicians have proposed, and in too many cases have passed, laws that create obstacles to voting. That is why on December 10, International...
