June 17, 2022
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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 […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2021
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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 […]
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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 […]
Continue readingOctober 14, 2020
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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 […]
Continue readingOctober 2, 2020
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Part 4: Navigating the reconciliation process will mean going beyond the typical collaboration of Black and Jewish organizations.
Continue readingOctober 1, 2020
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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 […]
Continue readingSeptember 30, 2020
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Being at the nexus of issues like the ones the community face is part of why the organization was started.
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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.
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Events from a Jewish lawyers’ group is offering greater understanding of how disparity really is coming from the way that communities are divided.
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2020
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Part 2: The shared experience of inequality between Jews and Blacks in North Minneapolis didn’t last.
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