Contacts:
Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Cedar Imboden Phillips, Hennepin History Museum, 612-870-1329
hennepinhistory.org; @HennHistMuseum
The exhibition
by the Hennepin History Museum features a series of panels focusing on local advocacy on behalf of
the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The panels are supplemented by an
assortment of archival materials related to African American life in Minnesota
and Hennepin County in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. These include copies of Beacon and
Topic magazines, both mid-century African American publications featuring
accomplished black community members and writers. The exhibition also includes
a 1947 report on the state of housing and the discriminatory housing practices
facing black Minnesotans in Hennepin County and across the state.
The
Hennepin Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 7:30
a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Hennepin County Government Center, A-level, 300. S.
Sixth St., Minneapolis. The exhibit is sponsored by and a project of the Communications
Department.
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