“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.

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