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Kwame McDonald, was born James Cornell McDonald in Madison Wisconsin. McDonald, coined as “The Godfather” of the sports community, was a prominent sports writer, mentor, adviser, teacher, journalist and organizer of youth programs. He studied political science at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he met Mary Palmer, the teacher he married in 1956. In 1961, he came to Minnesota to run the state's Commission Against Discrimination, working with Gov. Elmer L. Andersen and Attorney General Walter Mondale. McDonald made a pilgrimage to Africa, studying and teaching at the University of Ghana. It was there that he changed his name to Kwame, Ghanaian for “born on Sunday.” One of McDonalds highlights in his career was his role in the development of the annual Inner-City All-Star Classic in 1994, a showcase for high school boy’s basketball players in the Twin Cities metro area. McDonald died October 26, 2011...He was 80.

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