‘Minnesota-Spokesman Recorder: Celebrating 85 Years’ will showcase the power of legacy of the Black Press and evoke a rich tableau of Black life in the Twin Cities.
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Is newsprint on its way out?
With the surprising news that the Chicago Defender, a storied Black newspaper, has announced it will stop printing newspapers, we ask the question: is print dead or alive?
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Justice Department reopens Emmett Till murder case
In a Justice Department statement on July 13, the reason given for reopening the Till investigation was related to, “receiving new information.” However, the Justice Department did not detail exactly what the new information was. According to USA Today, the decision was revealed to Congress in a February report, but it is unclear what the Justice Department is prepared to act on.
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Remembering Nell Dodson Russell: reporter, columnist, truth-teller
It is frustrating that many important women and minorities in journalism have never received the recognition they deserved. A good place to start changing this is with the career of Nell Dodson Russell, who spent more than a decade writing for the Minneapolis Spokesman (today the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder). She was born Nellie Ellen Dodson in […]
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Halley Harding, a trailblazing sportswriter
As I was doing research for another piece, I stumbled upon the name Halley Harding. My curiosity eventually convinced me to ask: Who is he and why should we know more about him? William Claire (Halley) Harding was born in Kansas City, Missouri and reportedly was an “athlete vagabond” as a young adult during the […]
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NNPA’s Chavis receives promise of first press interview with President Trump
Omarosa Manigault, recently named assistant to the president and director of communications in the Office of Public Liaison for the Trump Administration, has promised the first press interview with President Trump to Benjamin Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, according to sources who attended a private meeting with the Trump transition team Jan. […]