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Indy Parks Joe Wynns, casualty of Mayor Ballard’s war against neighborhoods

AMOS BROWN III - August 21, 2008

The Ballard administration declared war on Indianapolis’ poor and working class neighborhoods last week and the first casualty was Joe Wynns, director of Indy...

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A wish list from teachers

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 21, 2008

Would it be difficult for you to go to a job everyday where you felt unappreciated, underpaid and severely overworked? While this may actually...

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Where are the leaders for our community of 262,000?

AMOS BROWN III - August 14, 2008

Doubled. In four decades. That’s what’s happened to our Indianapolis African-American community as over four decades our community’s population doubled in size. In 1970,...

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Another key Black Expo worker fired

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 14, 2008

Well, just when you may have thought things had settled down at Indiana Black Expo — drama resumes. Late last week, a high-ranking employee...

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Black graduation rates, politics and more

AMOS BROWN III - August 7, 2008

The 14th anniversary of Just Tellin’ It begins with a confession. Dr. John Jackson, president/CEO of the Schott Foundation, made me mad. Not because...

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Playing the blame game

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 7, 2008

Want to know what really gets under my skin — shiftless people who blame others for their current predicaments. I’m sure you all know...

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Try some tender, loving care

SHANNON WILLIAMS - July 31, 2008

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

AMOS BROWN III - July 31, 2008

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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Starbucks disrespect of our community and Black Expo observations

AMOS BROWN III - July 24, 2008

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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Expo has to do some major damage control

SHANNON WILLIAMS - July 24, 2008

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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