Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota
Chad Montrie, "Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota"
English | ISBN: 1681342103 | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 36 MB
English | ISBN: 1681342103 | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 36 MB
An examination of White Minnesotans’ efforts to exclude African Americans from local communities, jobs, and housing across the state and through the decades.
Minnesota is a paradox. Widely seen as a progressive stronghold of the Midwest, the state also has some of the greatest racial disparities in the nation. Those disparities have their roots in Minnesota’s earliest days as a territory and in the decades that followed. From enslaved people brought to the territory by military officers to migrants traveling to the North Star State after the Civil War, African Americans have long been present in Minnesota’s history. Yet while many came here looking to establish new lives, they were often met with White resistance and attempts to exclude them.
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