Larry Pinkney was interviewed (in studio) by Gwen Blackburn (Minority Counterpoint), KISS 108 WXKS FM, Boston, MA (USA) on August 6, 1989
Topic: The need to organize nationally for employment, justice, and ending US wars
Larry Pinkney was the National Field Director/Organizer for Jobs With Peace at the time of the interview.
(audio cassette copy)
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Larry Pinkney, as Jobs With Peace (JWP) field director/organizer was quoted in The Boston Globe article entitled Salem tenants disrupt building auction (subtitled: Occupants fear developers will raise rents: protest prevents some sales) by Seth A. Gitell on Tuesday, August 1, 1989, Pages 13 & 14.
Excerpts from the article:
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Community organizers from several local […]
Larry Pinkney is listed as a Program for Individualized Learning (formerly University Without Walls) graduate candidate in the University College, University of Minnesota, Commencement program of June 3, 1989. The degree to be conferred to Larry Pinkney is listed as a BA in International Relations.
Larry Pinkney was highlighted in the following letter dated May 16, 1989 (image below) regarding his efforts to help develop, organize, and present job seeking skills workshops:
The St. Paul
Property & Liability
Insurance
May 16, 1989
Ms. Willie Mae Wilson
Executive Director
St. Paul Urban League
[…] Selby Avenue
Larry Pinkney received a letter from the Acting Program Director of the Program for Individualized Learning at University College (University of Minnesota) regarding the June 3rd, 1989, University College Commencement Ceremony on May 9, 1989.
Contents of letter (image below):
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
TWIN CITIES
Program for Individualized Learning
University College
201 […]
Larry Pinkney, as Field Director for the Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action (MAPA), was highlighted in a 1988 Press Release regarding voter registration drive efforts:
NEWS
Office of the Mayor
George Latimer
347 City Hall
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
*Media Advisory*
SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO COMPETE FOR VOTERS
For immediate release
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Minnesota Citizen Participation Coalition member, Larry Pinkney, wrote the grant that provided the seed money for the formation of the Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action (formerly Minnesota Citizen Participation Coalition).
Content of a letter pertaining to the award of a $5000 grant from the Headwaters Fund’s Interim Director, Kathy Donahue to Larry Pinkney of Minnesota Citizen […]
Larry Pinkney was a resource person/panelist representing the Political Prisoners’ Rights Group at the Breaking the Barriers conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 23, 1988. An accompanying document shows that other panelists were, John Anderson, Stephanie Autumn, Judy Duffy, Edith Kerre, Barbara Knudson, and Tom Vraalsen.
Contents of poster/flyer (image below):
+++++Breaking the Barriers+++++
How […]
Larry Pinkney gave the keynote address ‘Building Linkages in the Struggle’ at the Friends for the Non-Violent World Report Day conference in Minneapolis, MN on March 5, 1988.
Listen: March 5, 1988 FNVW Keynote by Larry Pinkney
Contents of poster/flyer (image below):
REPORT DAY
FRIENDS FOR A NON-VIOLENT WORLD
Saturday, March 5
St. […]
Larry Pinkney was one of the speakers at the “Change and Challenge” seminar entitled “The Vietnamese Experience in Minnesota” which took place at Lutheran Social Services on August 14, 1987 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His presentation was titled “The Need For Cultural Sensitivity.”
Contents of the program schedule (image below):
The Vietnamese Community of Minnesota
[…]
Larry Pinkney taught several courses as a faculty member for Metropolitan State University (Minnesota), one of which was titled Advocacy in the Human Services: A Process for Social Change.
Description of the course as it appeared in the class schedule for Spring 1987 (image below):
Civic Action
Advocacy in the Human Services: A Process for Social […]
Published in Hunger Action Coalition Newsletter (St. Paul / Minneapolis, MN), January/February 1987, Page 2
THE REALITY OF RACISM IN MINNESOTA
By Larry Pinkney
Larry Pinkney is a former leader of the Black Panther Party. He is the only American to have received an official ruling from the UNITED NATIONS declaring that his civil, political, […]
Larry Pinkney was highlighted and listed under staffing for the Community Leadership Development Series (Ramsey Action Programs, St. Paul, MN) in the newsletter UPDATE, Fall 1986, Vol. 1, No. 1
Excerpt from the newsletter (image below):
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Those recently involved with the second Community Leadership Series are also involved with a broad range of interests and […]
Larry Pinkney organized a speaking tour in Minnesota for author and activist, William Mandel. The following is an article entitled ‘Conflicts Rise With Visitor to U.S.S.R.’ by Sharon Warwick, published in City College News (Minneapolis Community College), Volume 21, Number 7, Page 4, on May 5, 1986 (image below):
Conflicts Rise With Visitor to U.S.S.R.
Larry Pinkney wrote a letter to the editor titled ‘Double standards’, published on April 21, 1986 in the Minnesota Daily:
The pretext for the American attack on Libya was to strike a blow against what President Reagan termed “the headquarters and terrorist facilities” of Moammar Khadafy. Once again the United States demonstrated its wanton disregard […]
Larry Pinkney’s landmark United Nations ruling victory (self authored) was cited in the book entitled ‘International Protection of Minorities’ edited by Satish Chandra (Foreword by Dr. Nagendra Singh), published by Mittal Publications (India), ©Satish Chandra, 1986, on Page 74 and 77 (Note) of Chapter 2 titled ‘Equality and Preferential Discrimination with Minorities’ by Satish Chandra.
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Regarding his leadership activities as a college student, Larry Pinkney received a letter of recommendation from Southwest State University President Robert L. Carothers in 1985.
Letter of recommendation (image below):
Southwest State University • Marshall, Minnesota 56258
October 2, 1985
To Whom It May Concern:
During the 1985 academic year, I had the pleasure to come […]
As a Minneapolis Community Action Program site manager of a youth work crew, Larry Pinkney was quoted in the article titled “Jobs for teens–more are available than unemployment figures indicate” by Charlotte Smith Anderson in Issue No. 15 of the Twin Cities Courier, August 15, 1985, Front Page
Excerpts from the article:
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Mr. Larry Pinkney, MCAA […]
Letter to Larry Pinkney regarding his earning a place on the Dean’s List for Spring Quarter 1985 at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota, with a GPA of 4.0 (image below):
Southwest State University • Marshall, Minnesota 56258
May 31, 1985
Larry Pinkney
[address omitted]
San Francisco, CA 94107
Dear Larry:
Congratulations on […]
Larry Pinkney was the Keynote Speaker at the Zimbabwe Independence Day event at Coffman Union, University of Minnesota, on April 20, 1985. He spoke about the history of the independence struggles in Africa with an emphasis on Zimbabwe.
Poster contents (image below):
Zimbabwe
Independence Day
Saturday April 20, 1985
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Coffman Union, Room […]
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