June 17, 2022
In 1947, the cluster of houses on Ridgewood Lane North and Ridgewood Lane South in Roseville had an identical legal clause inserted into each of the property deeds. “No part […]
November 1, 2021
In the weeks after George Floyd was murdered by now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a reckoning with police violence and systemic racism played out across America, including for American […]
February 2, 2021
For an hour on Jan. 28, Minneapolis’ old Northside came back to life on a Zoom call. Theartrice “T” Williams, a longtime civil rights activist and community leader, recalled how […]
October 14, 2020
It is a fairly common experience for one to have their entire image of an individual upended after discovering some previously unknown fact, and this is no less true for […]
October 2, 2020
Part 4: Navigating the reconciliation process will mean going beyond the typical collaboration of Black and Jewish organizations.
October 1, 2020
This is part of Exodus and Equity: Reconciling the History of Minneapolis’ Jewish North Side, a series exploring how Twin Cities Jews were unwitting participants in racist real estate policies […]
September 30, 2020
Being at the nexus of issues like the ones the community face is part of why the organization was started.
September 29, 2020
Part 3: As more Black people moved into Near North, it was also assumed that property values for Jewish and white residents would drop and wipe out housing wealth — a self-fulfilling prophecy thanks to redlining policies.
September 25, 2020
Events from a Jewish lawyers’ group is offering greater understanding of how disparity really is coming from the way that communities are divided.
September 24, 2020
Part 2: The shared experience of inequality between Jews and Blacks in North Minneapolis didn’t last.