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MN Black History Salute: The Legacy Of Blacks In Baseball

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 - by MSR News Online - 1 Comment

In honor of Black History Month, we salute the oft-invisible Black baseball players who found their place in history despite widespread racism and segregation.

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Black history unearthed in Mpls’ oldest cemetery

October 11, 2018December 2, 2018 - by Jonika Stowes - 1 Comment

The oldest cemetery member is Morgan Jones, a former slave of a Virginia tobacco field who moved to Minnesota after gaining his freedom. Jones lived in Minnesota for 44 years as a free man. He died in 1906 at the age of 101.

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Black History Month / MSR Legacy Archives

Elder perseveres through creativity and crafts

February 19, 2018 - by Judith Hence - 1 Comment

As Black America recounts how far it’s come, there is pride in culture and in accomplishments. One can see how the contributions and sacrifices of America’s Black seniors are woven …

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Hidden history reveals Pullman porters’ link to Black Press

June 13, 2017June 22, 2017 - by Ivan Phifer - 1 Comment

Conclusion of a four-part series In this final installment of our series about African Americans who fought for dignity and equal rights on the U.S. railways as railroad sleeping car …

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My parents’ pursuit of education has inspired me to succeed

June 8, 2017June 12, 2017 - by MSR News Online

Morgan Bettin-Coleman is a 2017 Cecil E. Newman Scholarship recipient. Her scholarship-winning essay appears below. Even when I was a little girl, I would often pass time sprawled on the floor, …

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Pioneering local Black doctor tells of his long journey to medicine

February 9, 2017February 27, 2019 - by Vickie Evans-Nash - 10 Comments.

Charles Edward Crutchfield, Sr. was born in a small semi-rural town in Jasper, Alabama, a town of 8,500 people, about 2,500 of whom were Black. But he was inspired to …

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We must all do our part to pursue justice

January 12, 2017February 2, 2017 - by Charles Crutchfield III MD

By Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD Carleton B. Crutchfield, Esq. Christopher E. Crutchfield, Esq. In his famous April 4, 1967 speech opposing the war in Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Jr. said that …

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From the MSR Legacy Archives

September 3, 2015June 10, 2016 - by MSR News Online

One of the most delightful holiday affairs was the recent Eta Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha formal at Coffman Memorial Union. A group photo of chapter members is shown above.

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From the MSR Legacy Archives

August 6, 2015June 10, 2016 - by MSR News Online

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be republishing notable stories from our extensive archives of more than 4,000 weekly issues of African American news in Minnesota.

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