‘They challenged law enforcement, and they couldn’t do anything,” continued Ellison. “Then they came and testified, which is also very hard. Two [witnesses] were still minors and the other two just slightly older. They are the real heroes.’
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Black history unearthed in Mpls’ oldest cemetery
The oldest cemetery member is Morgan Jones, a former slave of a Virginia tobacco field who moved to Minnesota after gaining his freedom. Jones lived in Minnesota for 44 years as a free man. He died in 1906 at the age of 101.