Archive for the ‘civil rights’ Tag
If you think the gradual erosion of rights won’t threaten yours, think again
Filed under: Guest | Tags: cair, civil rights, haveus corpus, indefinite detention, muslim civil rights, muslim persecution, NDAA, surveillance
Leave a Comment By Hani Hamdan, Engage Minnesota
Shortly after 9/11, we began to see government increasingly overstepping its boundaries in the name of national security. First came the indefinite detention of non-U.S. citizens on non-U.S. territory; then the targeted assassination of U.S. citizens abroad; now, effective a few days ago, the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens, without due process, right here inside the United States.
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Monitoring Muslim Americans
Filed under: Guest | Tags: civil rights, FBI, Islamophobia, law enforcement, Minnesota Muslims, monitoring america, Muslims, tolerance
Comments (1) By Hani Hamdan, Engage Minnesota
Some time ago, a friend told me a story about his workplace. A Sudanese client came in for a visit. One of my friend’s colleagues met the client, and afterward described him as “a very smart guy.” He said it as though it were a cause for concern.
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‘Crusaders of Justice’ Tells Minnesota’s Civil Rights History
Filed under: Guest | Tags: African Americans, Arthur McWatt, civil rights, NAACP
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Crusaders for Justice book cover courtesy Papyrus Publishing
“Crusaders for Justice: A Chronicle of Protest by Agitators, Advocates and Activists in their Struggle for Civil and Human Rights in St. Paul, Minnesota” will be the subject of book-signing events with the author from 11:30 a.m – 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2009, at Rondo Community Outreach Library, 461 N. Dale St., St. Paul; and from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 19, 2009, at Golden Thyme Coffee & Cafe, 921 Selby Ave.
By Ann Cader
Papyrus Publishing
…In 1946, the 14th Annual St. Paul Open Golf Tournament barred African American competitors Solomon Hughes and Ted Rhodes…
…In 1968, vandals set fire to the St. Paul house that John McKinney and his family had saved up for 17 years to buy. Friends and neighbors helped the McKinneys repair their house….
A new book by retired Johnson High School history teacher Arthur C. McWatt relates hundreds of such incidents, big and small. They reveal the dangers, obstacles and humiliations that faced St. Paul’s African Americans over the past two centuries.
