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Posts tagged with "University of Wisconsin"
Prep Scene: Faced with a tough choice, I opted for history
Jan. 9 | Last Thursday evening, I had a choice to make. The top-rated team in Class 3A boys’ basketball, DeLaSalle, was scheduled to play Park Center, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 4A. Across the metro, a girls’ basketball matchup was scheduled...
Betty Ellison-Harpole: Teaching beyond the recipe, living outside the box
Nov. 28 | By Alleen Brown Contributing Writer Betty Ellison-Harpole moved to the Midwest in the 1950s from segregated Memphis, Tennessee. For 37 years she taught kindergarten through third grade, as one of few African American teachers in Minneapolis...
Black farmers fight to retain land ownership
Oct. 10 | Modern-day struggle renews, redefines 40-acers-and-a-mule promise By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Land ownership, which signaled both privilege and power, was a European concept brought to the country. “The way we think about...
