‘Minnesota-Spokesman Recorder: Celebrating 85 Years’ will showcase the power of legacy of the Black Press and evoke a rich tableau of Black life in the Twin Cities.
Twin Cities Black history
Posted inArts + Culture, Movies
Twin Cities’ filmmaker embarks on Juneteenth doc
Twin Cities filmmaker Lee Jordan’s cinematic mission has been to bring forth insightful, thought-provoking and truthful information about Black history.
Posted inLocal & State, News
North Mpls history told by residents who lived it
The “Northside Oral History Project” exhibit is a series of interviews with Blacks who lived on the North Side of Minneapolis over the past 50 years, telling their stories of how the community has changed throughout the years.
Posted inBooks, News
Twilight reflections of a Rondo native son
Melvin Whitfield Carter, Jr’s memoir, ‘Diesel Heart’ captures how the former wayward hellraiser transitioned to a leader serving his community.
Posted inArts + Culture, Black History Month, Special Editions
Black History Month Calendar: Feb. 12-21, 2019
Each week this month, MSR editors share their top picks for events celebrating Black History Month.
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‘Sights, Sounds, Soul’ offers vivid images of Twin Cities Black history
Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities through the Lens of Charles Chamblis (Minnesota Historical Society Press, $25.95) is proof positive that, as the saying goes, anything worth doing is worth doing well, even a coffee table book. Accordingly, this admirably fills the bill, a catalog of richly compelling images chronicling Black Minneapolis and St. Paul circa the 1970s […]