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Minnesota honors civil rights legend: Juanita Jackson Mitchell helped reestablish Twin Cities NAACP branches

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) only lived in St. Paul for four years, but her impact during that stint laid an eventual path to many firsts in Minnesota. The Juanita Jackson Mitchell Crusader for Freedom Exhibit, a compilation of Mitchell’s personal photographs and other artifacts, was on display at the State Capitol May 8-14.

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Suburban Black student suspensions show little improvement in 2010-12

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Student walkout, April 26, Hopkins High School (Photo by Charles Hallman)

In last week’s edition, the MSR reviewed 2009 suspension data from several suburban schools showing, as the story headline stated, that “Black suspensions [are] more than double other students’ in suburban schools.” The MSR also reviewed the 2010-11 and 2011-12 discipline data from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to determine if schools have improved since 2009.

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OPINION | Minnesota legalizes same-sex marriage, but my same-sex marriage was real before the law passed

By Stephani Maari Booker, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Instead of attending to the novel I was supposed to be working on, I spent the afternoon in front of the TV watching the debate over and vote on the same-sex marriage bill in the State Senate on TPT’s Minnesota Channel. I listened to the passionate and heartfelt speeches given by DFL Senators Scott Dibble, Jeff Hayden, Patricia Torres Ray and others in favor of passing the bill for legalizing same-sex marriage, and — to be honest — I muted the TV sound when senators opposing the bill had the floor.

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Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference gives counselors tools for ‘Healing the Village’

By Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

It is said nothing is as irresistible as an idea whose time has come. The Fifth Annual 2013 Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference quite evidently fills that bill.

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Local churches take up fight against diabetes

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Beverly Propes

Diabetes is the “gateway disease” that often can lead to other health concerns, especially for Blacks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one of every three Blacks in this country either has diabetes or is pre-diabetic, and nearly 39 percent of Black Minnesotans’ deaths are caused by diabetes.

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