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December 9, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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“Board approves 1 step in moving Ole Miss Confederate statue”

According to the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/683ea46398057281596bb8ab09ee287a), A Confederate statue would be moved from a central spot on the University of Mississippi’s campus to a less prominent Confederate cemetery, under a proposal approved Friday by a state board. The cemetery is still … Continue reading

December 1, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Threat against Ilhan Omar leads to Twitter Ban

In case you haven’t heard, here’s the lead of an November 30th article from NBC News: Ilhan Omar’s opponent banned from Twitter after suggesting congresswoman should be hanged “Violent rhetoric inevitably leads to violent threats, and ultimately, violent acts,” Omar … Continue reading

November 4, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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“St. Cloud professor examines Minnesota’s ties to slaveholder wealth in new book”

Professor Christopher Lehman will talk about his new book documenting Minnesota’s ties to slavery on Wednesday, November 6th, at 7 p.m. in Miller Center Auditorium. This St. Cloud Times’ article reveals some of this history. (I mentioned some of this information in … Continue reading

October 13, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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An MPR Podcast: “‘I’ve never told anyone’: Stories of life in Indian boarding schools”

A young girl prays at her bedside at a boarding school. A new book by an Ojibwe author tells the stories life for American Indian children in boarding schools designed to purge their language and culture. Here’s the lead for … Continue reading

October 12, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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A podcast on “Why a suburb’s integrated schools are still failing black students”

In this Washington Post podcast, “Laura Meckler goes back to her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to try to understand why integration efforts in schools there are still not closing the achievement gap” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/why-a-suburbs-integrated-schools-are-still-failing-black-students/).

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