The Ebenezer Creek Massacre, a prelude to ‘40 Acres and a Mule’
Thousands of freed slaves drowned at Ebenezer Creek after the Union army betrayed and abandoned them.
Mel Reeves was the community editor at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder until he passed away on January 6, 2022. He had a long and storied history working at the MSR.
Find more about Reeve’s life and legacy here: spokesman-recorder.com/category/remembering-mel-reeves.
Thousands of freed slaves drowned at Ebenezer Creek after the Union army betrayed and abandoned them.
University of Minnesota Medical School student Erika Kaske noted an uptick in injuries from those who had participated in protests.
If the U.S. does not divorce itself from White supremacy, these acts of violence are likely to happen again.
Last year we lost a lot of good people. Robert Lee Dillard was one of them.
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Widespread demands for change could rejuvenate organized labor.
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It's not much of a stretch to say that while these coaches express undying love for the labor force that...
In essence, an unelected body decided that the citizens of Minneapolis couldn’t hold an election to decide how they, the...
Historically, Minneapolis and other major cities have proposed solving the problem of violence in the Black community by employing more...
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