African Americans in Minnesota / David Vassar Taylor ; foreword by Bill Holm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, David Vassar, 1945-

Series:

People of Minnesota

The people of Minnesota

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Minnesota--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Minnesota--Social conditions.

Ethnic relations.

Social conditions.

History.

Minnesota--History.

Minnesota.

Minnesota--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 101 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2002]

Summary:

African Americans have had a profound influence on the history and culture of Minnesota from its earliest days to the present. Author David V. Taylor chronicles this rich story, using first-person accounts, newspaper articles, and a careful analysis of census records. During the a territorial and early statehood periods, blacks developed communities in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth, as well as rural areas, and established churches, businesses, and social organizations. Taylor recounts the triumphs and struggles of African Americans over the last two hundred years in a clear and concise narrative. He also introduces influential and notable people including fur trader George Bonga, newspaper editors John Quincy Adams and Cecil Newman, lawyer Fredrick L. McGhee, social workers Gertrude Brown and I. Myrtle Carden, labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson, inventor Frederick McKinley Jones, and artists August Wilson, Lou Bellamy, and Prince.

Contents:

African Americans in Minnesota 1

Early Settlement 2

Communities in the Twin Cities 8

Early Minneapolis 17

Leadership and Organizations 20

The Twin Cities from 1910 to 1980 28

Blacks in Duluth 57

The Rural Folk 64

Communities in Transition 72

Personal Account: A Labor Organizer's Story / Nellie Stone Johnson 79.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-96) and index.

ISBN:

0873514203

OCLC:

49610982