Last year I wrote an article titled “Empty Seats” published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. In this article I raised to...
Read more“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” It seems right to quote Martin Luther...
Read moreAsk a woman to go for a walk and she’ll say, “Sure!” Ask a man and he’ll say, “Where’re we...
Read moreAn annual ceremony held on Jan. 9 this year in Minneapolis presented awards and highlighted the achievements of high school...
Read moreToo often, then and now, Black Minnesotans and their contributions to society locally and nationally are overlooked. The late Walter...
Read moreAs the Emancipation Proclamation was declared and the American Civil War came to an end, there was still a lot...
Read moreThe year was 1867, and the Civil War raged on. A young man of Native and African American descent was...
Read moreIt is impossible to mention medicine and health care from an African American perspective here in Minnesota without mentioning Dr....
Read moreDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had the uncommon ability to articulate a vision, and then follow his words with action....
Read moreDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of community is as relevant today as it was in 1963.
Read more“Either we go up together, or we go down together,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told civil rights activists during...
Read moreIn Dr. King’s “Ethical Demands for Integration,” he outlines three major themes which are modeled on three key tenets of...
Read moreSo many people from all races ask the question, “Why march?”
Read moreWho is accountable for the improving the lives of Black people for whom the American dream has been denied?
Read morePhillip Turner, Seaman Second Class, is the first Negro service man from Minnesota known to have received the Purple Heart...
Read moreDr. Hallie Hendrieth-Smith watched the movie Selma with keen interest. She grew up outside of Selma, Alabama, and once lived...
Read moreThe 2015 Martin Luther King Day HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Fair was held on January 19 at St....
Read moreWhat do you do when you want to buy something, but just can’t seem to find it?
Read moreFrom the MSR Legacy Archives As part of our celebration over the next several months of our 80 years of...
Read moreDespite some critics’ assessment that he wasn’t visible enough, Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Franken says he stayed busy during his...
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