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Counter Stories: How "Selma" reverberates

What it means to have a major motion picture depict the Civil Rights era through a black lens.

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Black Lives Matter group aims to #ReclaimMLK with march to Capitol

Black Lives Matter group aims to #ReclaimMLK with march to Capitol

Hundreds of marchers jammed University Avenue and nearby streets for about four hours Monday, as they called for an end to racial profiling, an independent citizen board to review police conduct and bias and cultural awareness training for police officers.
by Martin Moylan, Elizabeth Dunbar and The Associated Press

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American RadioWorks: King's Last March

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four decades later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.

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Twin Cities-based Somali youth group seeks funding for expansion

Twin Cities-based Somali youth group seeks funding for expansion

The nonprofit Ka Joog, which has won honors from the White House and the FBI for its work, will detail its two-year plan for expanding educational, employment and arts programs across the state Tuesday.
by Laura Yuen

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MLK Day speakers: Vernon Jordan and Rev. Bernard Lafayette

MLK Day speakers: Vernon Jordan and Rev. Bernard Lafayette

Hear Vernon Jordan's keynote address at the 25th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center, and highlights of a Gary Eichten interview at St. John's University with civil rights activist Rev. Bernard Lafayette.

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Young boy dies in Brooklyn Center apartment fire

The incident is still under investigation, officials say the fire appears to have started in a sofa.
by Riham Feshir

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Minnesota road crash deaths fell to near-record lows in 2014

An early analysis of records by the state's Department of Public Safety found 356 people killed in 2014 crashes. Pedestrian deaths dropped significantly.
by MPR News Staff

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MN Next: Thinking differently about diversity

MN Next: Thinking differently about diversity

A conversation about what diversity really means in Minnesota -- where the population is undergoing demographic shifts.

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Ads say 'No More' to domestic violence, but will audience listen?

Ads say 'No More' to domestic violence, but will audience listen?

When footage of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his then fiance became public, the NFL's handling of domestic violence cases became the subject of national scrutiny.
by Maggie Penman

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