2004
Columns
“Through My Eyes”
weekly column of Ron Edwards
from the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Continuing The Minneapolis Story,
Ron’s “Black Focus,” airs Sundays, 5-6 p.m.,
on Channel 17, MTN-TV
Quarter 4: December thru October
December 30,
2004 Column #27: AMERICAN THE BEAUTIFUL, 2004 News Years Resolutions
Regarding The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
December
16,
2004 Column #26: An Endangered Species: The Future of Black Men in Minneapolis
December
2,
2004 Column #25: Young Black Men Have Their Money Taken Away
November
18,
2004 Column #24: The IRS to the NAACP: Greetings! Locals have good reason
to be nervous when the subpoenas come
November
4,
2004 Column #23: October a bad month for Minnesota Blacks
October,
2004 Column #22: VOTING: THE FULFILLING OF A DREAM
October
21,
2004 Column #21: A new toughness in the Civil Rights Department As a
result, forces of reversal spring into action
October
7,
2004 Column #20: Plantation mentality denies Blacks $15 million
Quarter 3: September thru July
September
23,
2004 Column #19: A new toughness in the Civil Rights Department As a result, forces of reversal spring into action
September
9,
2004 Column #18: The betrayal of a trust, the fracturing of an institution
August
26,
2004 Column #17: Man the lifeboats! Minneapolis vessels hitting icebergs
and sinking all around us.Examples: The USS Heritage Park (Hollman)
and the USS Pioneer Press: Images of the Titanic.
August
13,
2004 Column #16: MPD Chief unfairly targeted by Star Tribune
July
29,
2004 Column #15: All-White 9/11 Commission left a lot unanswered. A Nation Guarded or Unguarded?
July
15,
2004 Column #14: The “$300,000 From Target” One Year Anniversary:
How We Doing?
July
1,
2004 Column #13: Election 2004: The Control of the Black Vote. A bigger
version of Florida?
Quarter 2: April thru June
June
17,
2004 Column #12: Why does the county attorney fear change?
June
3,
2004 Column #11: Loss of Moss bodes ill for advocacy City Inc. needs
to reverse this decision
May 20,
2004 Column #10: “Cry, the Beloved Country”: Still crying
here in Minneapolis, 50 years later
May 5,
2004 Column #9: Dark tunnel of deceit and deception The story behind
the story of the Mpls Branch NAACP's collapse
April 29,
2004 Column #8: The Empowerment Zones: Minneapolis' version of the plantation
April
7,
2004 Column #7: No compassion at city hall
Quarter 1: January thru March
March
25,
2004 Column #6: The Minneapolis Branch NAACP: Living
good, doing bad.
March
11,
2004 Column #5: Minneapolis NAACP goes broke. Mr. Greenspan,
we need your help.
February
25,
2004 Column #4: The end of a dream, the betrayal of
a people The demise of Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
February
11,
2004 Column #3: Sun Setting the Set-Asides Is The Twilight
of Civil Rights Signaled In The Dismantling of the Civil Rights Ordinance?
January
28,
2004 Column #2: In the Matter of the Civil Rights Department. The Right
Person Needed
January
14,
2004 Column #1: Time to get behind McManus
Ron hosts “Black Focus” on Channel 17, MTN-TV, Sundays,
5-6 pm. Formerly head of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission and the
Urban League, he continues his “watchdog” role for Minneapolis.
Order his book, hear his voice, read his solution papers, and read his
between columns “web log” at www.TheMinneapolisStory.com.
Permission is granted to reproduce The Minneapolis Story columns, blog entires and solution papers. Please
cite the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and www.TheMinneapolisStory.com for the columns. Please
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Ron hosts “Black Focus” on Channel 17, MTN-TV, Sundays,
5-6 pm. Formerly head of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission and the
Urban League, he continues his “watchdog” role for Minneapolis.
Order his book, hear his voice, read his solution papers, and read his
between columns “web log” at www.TheMinneapolisStory.com.
Permission is granted to reproduce The Minneapolis Story columns, blog entires and solution papers. Please
cite the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and www.TheMinneapolisStory.com for the columns. Please
cite www.TheMinneapolisStory.com for blog entries and solution papers.
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