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Social Issues

VocalEssence remembers Rosa Parks with music

VocalEssence remembers Rosa Parks with music

Composer Hannibal Lokumbe says being in the presence of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has affected everything he does. Lokumbe's oratorio honoring Parks is the centerpiece of the annual "Witness" concert by the Twin Cities choral group VocalEssence.
by John Birge

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Somalis anticipate AU force replacement for Ethiopian withdrawal

Somalis anticipate AU force replacement for Ethiopian withdrawal

The United Nations' Security Council has unanimously approved an African Union force to help stabilize Somalia. Somalis living in Minnesota are watching the situation in their homeland carefully.

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U of M to reconsider North Dakota nickname policy

U of M to reconsider North Dakota nickname policy

A University of Minnesota advisory committee will reconsider its policy that bars competition with the University of North Dakota in any sport except hockey, because of UND's Fighting Sioux nickname.

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Continuing the struggle

Continuing the struggle

Longtime civil rights activist Andrew Young was part of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inner circle. He'll talk about black presidential candidates past and present, and about his role in advancing civil rights, particularly in the South.

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Kara Walker's art traces the color line

Kara Walker's art traces the color line

Kara Walker may be the only artist to tackle racism, slavery, sexual abuse or oppression in a way that at first seems beautiful, poetic and even witty. The Walker Art Center is currently presenting the first-ever survey of the 37-year-old artist's work.
by Marianne Combs

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Minnesota Historical Society closes Grand Mound burial site

Minnesota Historical Society closes Grand Mound burial site

The Minnesota Historical Society has permanently closed the Grand Mound History Center near International Falls. The 2,200-year-old burial mounds are the largest surviving prehistoric structure in the upper Midwest.
by Tom Robertson

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Wisconsin hunter to stand trial in killing

A judge ordered a white hunter to stand trial for murder in the fatal shooting and stabbing of a Hmong hunter in woods near Peshtigo last month.

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