Minnesota advocate Anna Arnold Hedgeman worked at the intersection of Black and women’s rights
Hedgeman was the only woman on the planning committee for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Tina Burnside is a civil rights attorney in Minneapolis. She earned a B.A. degree in journalism at the University of Minnesota and a J.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She is also a writer who has written news articles, a novel, and theater plays.
Hedgeman was the only woman on the planning committee for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The Southside was a stable neighborhood of working and middle-class African Americans, many of whom owned their homes. Residents formed a tight-knit community with businesses, churches, and social clubs.
A grand jury indicted thirty-seven white men for rioting and/or murder. Only eight, however, were tried.
The demonstration, which lasted twenty-four hours, was the culmination of events sparked by the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.