Neva Walker | |
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Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives from the 61B district | |
In office January 3, 2001 –January 5, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Linda Wejcman |
Succeeded by | Jeff Hayden |
Personal details | |
Born | Minneapolis,Minnesota | December 14,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Neva Walker (born December 14,1971) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from district 61B from 2001 to 2009. [1] [2] Walker was the first African-American woman to be elected to the Minnesota Legislature. [1]
Cass County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census,the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Walker. The county was formed in 1851,and was organized in 1897.
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Walker is a city in Cass County,Minnesota,United States. The population was 966 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass County.
The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the U.S.:together with the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and the Cowles Conservatory,it has an annual attendance of around 700,000 visitors. The museum's permanent collection includes over 13,000 modern and contemporary art pieces,including books,costumes,drawings,media works,paintings,photography,prints,and sculpture.
Minnesota Opera is a performance organization based in Minneapolis,Minnesota. It was founded as the Center Opera Company in 1963 by the Walker Art Center,and is known for premiering such diverse works as Where the Wild Things Are by Oliver Knussen and Frankenstein by Libby Larsen. Its latest commissioned piece and world premiere,The Fix –based on the story of “Shoeless”Joe Jackson,the Chicago White Sox,and their attempt to fix the world series. with music by Joel Puckett and libretto by Eric Simonson –was presented in February 2019. The President and General Director is Ryan Taylor,and the Artistic Director is Dale Johnson.
Patrick DesJarlait,Sr. (1921–1972) was an Ojibwe artist and a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Known for his watercolor paintings,DesJarlait created roughly 300 artworks during his lifetime. DesJarlait’s art represents an early diversion from the Studio School style that developed at the Santa Fe Indian School and was popular during the first half of the twentieth century. His paintings are known for their tactile brushwork,abstraction of figures and places,and subject matter specific to Ojibwe peoples.
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Desdia Neva Egan was an American educator who served as the first First Lady of Alaska from the state's creation in 1959 to 1966,and again from 1970 to 1974. Egan was the wife of the state of Alaska's first governor,William Allen Egan,and the mother of former Juneau Mayor and Alaska State Senator Dennis Egan.
Neva Left is the fifteenth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on May 19,2017,for digital download and July 7,2017,for purchase on CD,by Doggystyle Records and Empire Distribution. Snoop Dogg also enlisted a variety of guest vocalists including Redman,Method Man,B-Real,KRS-One,and frequent collaborators Charlie Wilson and Wiz Khalifa,among others. Meanwhile,production was handled by Dr. Evo,DJ Battlecat,Musik MajorX,League Of Starz,and Rick Rock,among others.
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A Daughter of the Sioux is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ben Wilson. It stars Ben Wilson,Neva Gerber,and Robert Walker,and was released on December 28,1925.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies. A shooting guard,he was drafted 17th overall by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2019 NBA draft but was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Los Seis de Boulder were six Chicano activists and students killed in two car bombings in Boulder,Colorado. The bombings occurred at the end of May 1974,with the name Los Seis de Boulder coined posthumously. The students were protesting the negative treatment of Mexican-American students at the University of Colorado,Boulder at the time of their death. Memorials to the bombing victims have been installed on the University of Colorado campus and in Chautauqua Park.
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Clarissa Rogers Walker was an American social activist and community leader based in Minneapolis,Minnesota. She was known for her social contributions in the South Minneapolis area for the African-American community. She served for more than three decades as the director of Sabathani Community Center,a multi-ethnicity community service center in Minneapolis,Minnesota. In November 2019,the City Council of Minneapolis announced a commemorative honor to Walker along with activist Launa Newman by renaming and dedicating specific portions of avenues amongst the 38th Street corridor to their names respectively as a tribute to their contributions.
The Cowboys–Vikings rivalry is a rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings. The overall series is led by Dallas 19–15. The Cowboys and Vikings have played seven times in the playoffs,making this one of the most played playoff series in league history. The Cowboys lead the playoff series 4–3. CBS Sports named the rivalry among the best in the 1970s.