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Insight News July 21 - July 27, 2014
Vol. 41 No. 30 • The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews.com
LOCKED UP LOCKED OUT By Lydia Schwartz Contributing Writer TakeAction Minnesota hosted a community conversation on July 12 with the Minneapolis Urban League called “Locked Up, Locked Out” to give a personal voice to the everyday challenges faced by individuals with a past criminal record. One in four Americans have either an arrest or criminal conviction on their record – a majority are drug-related or other nonviolent offenses. In addition, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, the disparity between AfricanEmily Terrell
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Fires of the 60’s vs. the deity of daddy part VI
Black Panther worldview Rob Busby seeks to expand spending among Blacks
By Azaniah Little The “fires” had lapped away at the core of my innocence, and it was beginning to show in my expression, sudden isolation and anger, and the militant clothing I wore. Yet, he still called me “angel” or “sweetie pie.” Daddy would look at me and ask a few questions like, “What did you learn in school today?” “Have you been thinking about what college you will go to? You know its never too early to begin planning for it.” After hearing my empty and rhetorical responses, he would say, “I don’t know who’s filling your head up with all of that junk.” Or, “those guys are not going to do anything but get themselves killed.” Or, “you cannot do anything in life without an education.” Then he would look at me with the saddest eyes, and make a slow descent down the wooden stairs leading to his basement office. Vapors from the 1960s’ fires encompassed me, transforming me into something even I did not recognize. I had inherited my father’s love for change, however I now believed wholeheartedly in the teachings of “my new fathers” and the need for armed struggle. Secretly, at 16 years old, I was taught how to fire a .357
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Imam Abdisalam Adam, Rabbi David Wirtschafter, Rabbi Esther Adler and Bishop Richard Howell
Voting rights on the line — and people lining up to defend them By Christina Cerruti, TC Daily Planet Fifty years after the Freedom Summer work to defend Voting Rights, and 49 years after the passage fo the Voting Rights Act, threats to voting are emerging across the country. An interfaith group, including veterans of the 1960s civil rights struggle, convened June 22 at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in North Minneapolis. They commemorated the Freedom Summer anniversary of the deaths of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner and issued a call to
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Civil rights leader Dr. Josie Johnson sharing her experiences in Jackson, Mississippi during the summer of 1964.
Business associations announce plan to boost spending among Blacks By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) and the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers (NABHOOD) are formally partnering to make sure that a significant portion of the $40 billion African Americans spend each year on travel and tourism remains in Black hands. The partnership was launched last week at the start of USBC’s professional development conference, held at the Marriott Marquis in the District of Columbia. The newly-opened, fourstar hotel, next to the Walter
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Business
Politics
Education
Sports
Twitter: You can do it
Rep. Hortman endorses Reva Chamblis for Brooklyn Park City Council
Friendship Academy of the Arts highlights an exceptional teacher
Jeter and Twin Cities shine at All-Star Game
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