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Charles Hallman

About me

Charles Hallman writes regularly for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and
also publishes his own sports blog, Another View: Thoughts and insights on
sports and society from a Black perspective.

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Another View

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More lawyers of color a law school priority

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

According to a 2010 American Bar Association report, less than seven percent of partners and less than 20 percent of associates in law firms nationwide are people of color. Locally, only five percent of partners and 13 percent of associates are people of color. African Americans are only a fraction of these small percentages.MORE »

Looking at girls in sports as Title IX marks 40 years in Minnesota and the United States

By Charles Hallman, TC Daily Planet

Minnesota was eighth among all U.S. states in girls’ high school athletic participation in 2010-11, according to the most recent data reported by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA).MORE »

New Heritage Park facilities focus on North Side seniors wellness

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

The Heritage Park Senior Services Center is nearing its official June 14 grand opening. In an official statement released prior to its completion last June, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) officials predicted that the 69,603 square foot senior health and wellness center “will help anchor future development in the Heritage Park Community.”MORE »

Advocates of local Black business urge better-educated spending

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

According to a 2011 Nielsen consumers report, the U.S. Black population’s collective buying power is projected to be $1.1 trillion by 2015. Many community members, hearing that at least $4 billion is spent annually just by Black Minnesotans, are wondering aloud why economic inequalities in the Black community persist. The answer, some say, is in how and where Blacks are spending that money.MORE »

Title IX: Law that opened sports to millions of girls and women turns 40

By Charles Hallman, Another View

Congress passed and then President Richard Nixon signed Title IX in 1972, a 37-word amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Now 40 years old, it wasn’t intended for this, but athletic participation among girls and women nationwide has greatly increased ever since: 294,015 in 1972 to 3 million in 2011.MORE »

Pioneer wrestler grapples with gender taboos

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Her seven brothers and a family history in wrestling helped Chandell Knox break new ground for women in sports and break into the movies as well. She is one of 11 females featured in Grappling Girls, a 2008 documentary on women wrestling.MORE »

Women who love to HIT

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Women have been playing full-contact football in Minnesota for over a decade. They practice twice a week, often after a full-time day job, and then play on Saturdays during the spring and early summer. They play because they love the game and to prove a point: Women can do anything.MORE »

Minnesota's school integration program scrutinized

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Since a 2005 State legislative auditor’s report that called for more clarity on the State’s Integration Revenue Program, some, including many members of the Minnesota Legislature, are asking whether State funding to integrate schools, which is set to expire in 2013, should be expanded, repurposed or eliminated.MORE »

Lynx in 'outstanding position' for 2012 draft

By Charles Hallman, Another View

I get into the WNBA annual draft the same way I used to get into the NBA draft before it became nothing more than too many annually selected players long on potential but very short on stardom.MORE »

African heritage central to HER Center — Clinic provides 'culture care,' specializing in HIV

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

The main objective for Pam White to starting her own clinic was to better provide culturally specific health care for Black women and girls. White, a local certified nurse practitioner who started the Health Empowerment Resource (HER) Center in the city’s North Side two years ago, says she believes in “cultural care.”MORE »