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Expo should drop out of concert biz Indy’s schools need detailed dropout data

AMOS BROWN III -
In the early 1980s, a group of major Indianapolis companies, institutions and organizations gathered at the old Stouffer’s Hotel on North Meridian Street at...
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Try some tender, loving care

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
Indianapolis is slowly making its way up the “America’s Deadliest Cities” list. I remember a point in time when Gary was repeatedly cited as...
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Expo has to do some major damage control

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
Overall, Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration ran relatively smoothly. There were no major instances of crime or violence, nor were there as many infractions...
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Starbucks disrespect of our community and Black Expo observations

AMOS BROWN III -
In a week when strengthening Black-owned business was a major topic at Indiana Black Expo, Starbucks stuck a dagger into Indianapolis’ African-American community. Despite...
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From PUSH to ‘nuts’ — Jesse Jackson’s incomprehensible gaffe

AMOS BROWN III -
It was a stupid mistake. A hurtful verbal gaffe that insulted African-Americans almost as much as a 1984 remark insulted Jews. Just as he...
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Judging youth by the clothes they wear

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
Perception is everything. Whether it’s fair or not, oftentimes the way people perceive others to be determines the way in which that person treats...
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Mayor Ballard and some Black ministers share credibility gap with community

AMOS BROWN III -
The problem with asking for direct command and control of the police department is eventually you have to take responsibility. That’s what happened to...
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Standing up for Michelle Obama

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, is a highly skilled and respectable woman. So much in fact that she graduated...
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Texas gunslinger was judge, jury and executioner

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
I have a comparison for you. Currently there is an African-American woman serving life in prison for shooting and killing the man who molested...
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The Star wants black politicians to waive their constitutional rights

AMOS BROWN III -
The Editor of Indianapolis Star was agitated. I ran into Dennis Ryerson, the Star’s vice president and editor at the start of an off-the-record...
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