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Race: Conversations around race and racial justice

Here are the latest on the fight against racism, voices calling for racial justice and in-depth stories on communities of color and other racial issues from MPR News.

Voices of Minnesota Calls for change across the state

Protests and pain The killing of George Floyd

Call To Mind Spotlight on black trauma and policing

Amplifying voices Share your experiences and hopes for the future

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work

President Joe Biden says Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting what he calls “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow.” Biden's remarks Monday were among many by politicians acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.
by The Associated Press

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Israel Dresner, rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 92

Israel Dresner, rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 92

Rabbi Israel "Sy" Dresner was one of the early Freedom Riders in the 1960s civil rights movement and was close with King. He said Jewish teachings and Jewish history compelled his activism.
by Tovia Smith

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St. Paul families increasingly prefer racially segregated schools

St. Paul families increasingly prefer racially segregated schools

More than 20,000 St. Paul kids chose not to enroll in the city’s public schools last year. Many of those students — white, Black and Asian — are leaving for charter schools that cater to students of their own race.
by Becky Z. Dernbach

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All 3 white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's murder are sentenced to life in prison

All 3 white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's murder are sentenced to life in prison

A judge announced the sentences in a Glynn County, Ga., courtroom Friday, about six weeks after a jury found the men guilty in a case widely seen as racially motivated.
by Bill Chappell and Joe Hernandez

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Both sides seek to delay state trial for cops in Floyd death

Both sides seek to delay state trial for cops in Floyd death

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd are asking a judge to postpone their state trial while a federal civil rights trial goes forward.
by The Associated Press

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'Hatred in the eyes': How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots

'Hatred in the eyes': How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots

The Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection by pro-Trump supporters and right-wing group members shattered the sense of security that many had long felt at the Capitol as rioters forcefully delayed the certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.
by The Associated Press

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