NAACP

The Rochester Branch of the NAACP is hosting the event at Rochester Civic Theater Sunday afternoon.

A community rally will take place on Saturday.

All of the day’s events are free and open to the public.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — No charges will be brought against a former St. Paul police officer whose Facebook post urged drivers to run over people protesting on Martin Luther King Junior Day against killings by police.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The Minneapolis NAACP has demanded an apology from Joe's Crab Shack after two diners discovered their table at a Roseville location was decorated with an image from an 1895 hanging in Texas.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, has died. He was 75.

The Council on Black Minnesotans was created by the Minnesota Legislature back in 1980 to ensure people of African heritage participate in and equitably benefit from the political, social and economic resources, policies and procedures of the state of Minnesota.

Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede stopped by the KROC-AM studio Wednesday morning for one of his regular appearances with Tracy McCray and Andy Brownell during the Rochester Today show.

It appears Rochester may soon have a new citizens commission that will have oversight over the city Police Department’s policies.