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.

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 […]

Southwest State University ISO member, Larry Pinkney, was quoted in a Jan 28, 1985 Independent (Southwest Minnesota’s Messenger, Marshall, Minnesota) article entitled “SSU’s International Student Organization seeks unity, understanding” by Independent Staff Writer, LuAnn Schmaus.

Excerpts from the article highlighting Larry Pinkney (image below):

MARSHALL – Communication is the first step in building unity, according to members […]

Larry Pinkney was written about in the November 30, 1984, MAC WEEKLY (Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota) Newspaper article entitled Pinkney speaks on ‘John Wayne mentality’ by Michael Orenstein.

Contents of the article (image below):

Pinkney speaks on ‘John Wayne mentality’

By Michael Orenstein

America is engaging in a war of genocide.

So says Larry Pinkney, former […]

Published in The Guardian Independent Radical Newsweekly (New York), October 29, 1980, Page 22:

Larry Pinkney, Mission, Canada: I am writing to the Guardian to congratulate you on your in-depth articles and thought-provoking analyses of the issues and concerns relevant to progressive struggle.

As a socialist and a Black political activist, I certainly cannot overemphasize the […]

Larry Pinkney was quoted in a December 20, 1968 (Friday) San Francisco Examiner article entitled ‘Seizure of Power Goal,’ Poly Blacks Told, Page 8
By Larry Dum

Excerpts from the article:

“Our goal is the seizure of power,” the black students gathered in Polytechnic High School music auditorium were told last night…

This was the […]

Larry Pinkney was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article entitled Fiery Black Meeting at Poly High published on Friday, December 20, 1968, Page 2

Excerpt from the article:

Fiery Black Meeting at Poly High

Some 150 Polytechnic High School students heard a series of fiery demands for greater militancy last night by a panel of black […]

This Dec 2, 1968, Page 2 editorial from The Free Critic newspaper (City College of San Francisco) describes actions by Larry Pinkney of the Black Students Union to get an ‘Afro-American’ studies department and a black woman hired by college officials as Dean at City College of San Francisco.

Excerpts from the editorial:

EDITORIAL

One […]