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This Day in Minnesota History

February 7, 1976

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Cecil E. Newman, publisher of two African American newspapers in the Twin Cities, dies. Born in Kansas City on July 25, 1903, Newman moved to Minneapolis in 1922 and launched the St. Paul Recorder and the Minneapolis Spokesman in 1934.

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