Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-04-04
Negro In Minnesota History;
Progress: Post
& Future
BY Jean GnilmaBt
BY Jean Guilmant

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From me legends u George
Bonga from the Battle over Min
aesotsb Constitution" from the
Infamous black migration" lava
Of the early 1905. from all Of
these have come the heritage u
Mlnnssstas Negro cltizenry
Has there been progresuT Have
we advanced much beyond the adj
miitsd bgotry Of one hundred
years ago These are questions re
quluHE analyais a. any level Of
time but they demand greater at
tsntion At birthday and aDniyers.
airy celebrations
From whence We came and what
We have achieved To-day April
a. 1868. l. Howard Bennett,
Negro. sits al The bar u Mime
sofa justice 100 years ago. his
forebears we're denied the night
10 vote IN Minnesota
To-day myrrhens Allen and
many other Negroes teach the
descendants Of Minnesota pioneers
In our public schools 100 years
ago, Minneapolis daiiies were aay-
ing that nm unnecessary odor
was being raised in ChattieId" be-
cause Negro lad ~as attending
school there
To-day John culver Negro,
chairs The Ramsey County Re-
punucau Ciul Rights committee
IN 1892. the Republican party 81
Minnesota abrogated ita equal
rights policy when Il permitted
the name 81 Frederick MCGEE 10
be- stricken from is roster u
Presidential electors
These are contrasts IN human
perspective They represent a large
measure Of progress from The mar
row and confined view " the
Negroes ability
There are parallels too The
Frgcdmans Bureau sought en-
ploymsnt and sometimes housing
tor the Negro IN the isaS 1875 de
radc The Urban League does the
same today, and FEpC exists
10 educate job bias out of our
states employers
The National AFRO American
Council. NA.AC, convened at 81
James AME Church. 81 Paul.
ia 1890 It's counterpart. the
NAACp. recently Installed ita
new president at The same church
in 1858
The Minnesota Iiyil Rights
committee met In 1892 It's
counterpart, the Governors Conn
mission on Human Rights atili
finhs reason 10 exist,
n would appear that theological
progress, those ideas so warmly
exprcnued by every man claiming
q patriotic affinity 20 an IDEAL
democracy far exceeds tho actual
practice OF democracy why elise
should singular noed Tor such
social agencies Of 100 years ago
grow lrto multiplicity OF sim,
liar agencies FOR our day
History IL Rep.tiiise
IN 1887 when 81 paul Motors
was setting brand now used
Oldsmobilca for The sum ~ a37
dollars The famous OF infamous
corner of stxth Az N and tyn-
dale tea 10 prngrrsa "a Olson high
way was begun and sumner Field
Housing project wss started 10
allay the FEARS ~ The panigRiug
.minorilos displaced by the pre-,
icrt
twenty years later The one
vsaf uld brand new used Ogas-
Imunue costs rs much ss The new
est m1,lcl The Old slSth Az "
and iyua,lc CORNER pplHun High
wayl has again fallen 90 progress
And "prvN Occupancy legisla.
tiou s being studied 90 aliay the
fears ~ the antiaI agencies rep
roaeptipe the nnt-Ra-psnlrby min.
critics who win again be dis
placed
u liz Interesting Ga note that
emily thc ytlue " The uidsuobiIs
ana who worries about the modern
Iineqtitirs' have changed
Nineteen farty.oue ushsrvd ~
an era ~ complex ronttaaicfpries
iJge Makaslne photographer Cor.
,ion Parks was learning pNot,,
gyaphy on money earned hy lsais
ing dance bsut IN the Twin
cities and Chicago. and auto risk
Insurance was being tputed At 600
psrvcut Of par % the Negro
The Twin cities daiues were ur
der attack BY Father Kecfr ~ a.
Peter Clavcr and Rev. c r r.
Nelson of Camrhor Methodist hc.
gapve % their persistent usr ~
arr , ~ ywN prwwlA
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