Mall of America

Black Santa Claus who went viral hails from Arkansas

BRANDON MULDER, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-GazetteDecember 21, 2016

The man who came to be known around the nation as Black Santa after serving this month as the Mall of America’s first black Santa Claus got his Old Saint Nicholas start in his native state of Arkansas.

National News

Mall of America seeks to stop Black Lives Matter protest

Kyle Potter, Associated PressDecember 23, 2015

PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Black Lives Matter protesters vowed Monday to press on with their plan to demonstrate at the Mall of America on the busy shopping day before Christmas Eve, despite the mall’s efforts to stop them.