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North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Episode 1 | 1h 56m 13s
Twelve stories of men and women who came to Minnesota under different circumstances to make a home and a difference.
Aired: 09/22/04
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September 22, 2004
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North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Twelve stories of men and women who came to Minnesota under different circumstances...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In 1900, Fergus Falls was home to over 50 African Americans. The first among them was...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In 1857, Emily Grey set foot on the banks of St. Anthony Falls. In Minnesota...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
At the turn of the 20th century, Harry Shepherd was one of Minnesota's most...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In between World Wars, the Harlem renaissance gave rise to a "new kind of Negro...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Fredrick McGhee was Minnesota's first black lawyer. His good looks, articulate speech...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In a time when it was rare for African American women to work as "professionals...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Inventor, racecar driver and self-taught engineer Frederick McKinley Jones is...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
From the state's birth to 2004, Minnesota elected only one African American State...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In 1863, Missouri slave preacher Robert Hickman led a community of African Americans...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
The historic March on Washington solidified the Civil Rights Movement. For the...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
In June of 1920, six black circus workers were wrongly accused of raping a white...
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Half black, half Ojibwe, George Bonga was the first-known person of African ancestry...
