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
The history of Minneapolis’ Southside African American community
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.
On June 15, 1920, a Duluth mob lynched three black men
A grand jury indicted thirty-seven white men for rioting and/or murder. Only eight, however, were tried.
Why black students occupied the U’s administration building for 24 hours in 1969
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.
