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On July 1, young Ben Alexander Jr., whose nickname is “Skip”, had his third birthday. Skip is the son of...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be...

On Saturday, August 1, friends, supporters and contributors of the oldest African American-owned business in Minnesota gathered at St. Croix...

The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) celebrated 80 years of service to the community with the Legacy Boat Cruise, Saturday, August 1,...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be...

Many of our readers will surely recognize friends, family and neighbors from the distant and not-so-distant past — such as...

Seldom photographed together are two of the men pictured above, Walter White, secretary of the NAACP, and Lester Granger, executive...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be...

On May 20 the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR), now in its 80th year of publication, and its nonprofit namesake the MSR...

Many of our readers will be sure to recognize friends, family and neighbors from the distant and not-so-distant past —...

Shown in the above photo is L.V. Douglas, Mill Citian, who won the open Loring Park checker crown at the...

Over the years, the Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder employed dozens of young men and women as “newsies” to...

What say, swooners and crooners? Well, hep cats, shall we start our weekly debate about those cats that are gruesome...

Creep, leap, holler and wail, cause I am about to begin my tale: There was a jump at Banham’s on...

  On Tuesday, May 7, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) newspaper sponsored its 19th Annual Graduation Celebration to acknowledge African and African American...