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BIPOC Educator Institute
BIPOC Educator InstituteNavigating & Thriving Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos You’re Invited! Come join other early career teachers of color and American Indian teachers (TOCAIT) from across Minnesota for an… Read More
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Black Vision Trust
Black Vision Trust“…I am strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy, he’s my Brother.” Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos On December 19, a gathering of over twenty community leaders… Read More
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Minnesota Equity & Justice Project
Minnesota Equity & Justice Project Generations of scholars have argued that America will never be whole until reparations are provided for the moral debt created by slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the vestiges of the caste system it created. The international cry for justice after the murder of Mr. Read More
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The Slaveholders of Payne-Phalen
The Slaveholders of Payne PhalenA Discussion with Author Dr. Christopher Lehman Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos Did you know slavery’s reach into Minnesota extended well beyond Dred Scott at Fort… Read More
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Understanding Our Duluth Lynchings
Understanding Our Duluth LynchingsRacial Violence in America and the Road to Justice and Reconciliation Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos This virtual event commemorated one of the most horrific moments of… Read More
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Firsts: Minnesota’s African American Groundbreakers
Firsts Minnesota’s African American Groundbreakers Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos Watch six interviews — Archie Givens, Jr., Arthur Blakey, Jr., Linda Finney, Robyne Robinson, Sharon Sayles-Belton, and William Finney —… Read More
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Write on Race to be Right on Race ™
Write on Race to be Right on RaceFrom passive non-racism to active anti-racism About This Program Minnesota communities are grappling with understanding and dismantling systemic racism. The Minnesota Humanities Center and Love & Struggle are partnering to help regional hubs develop action plans to create a more just society. Using… Read More
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How Can We Breathe
How Can We BreatheAmplifying African American Voices No healthy democracy can exist when so many of its people are routinely and systematically oppressed. How Can We Breathe was a community engagement initiative where we could come together to make meaning of the Minnesota we’re living in right now – the aftermath of… Read More
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Blues Vision
Blues VisionAfrican American Writing from Minnesota Professional Development Public Programs Partnerships Grants Books and Videos Co-published with the Minnesota Historical Society Press, sponsor of this anthology, which was made possible in… Read More