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How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement

How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement

One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer, Clara Luper.
by Destinee Adams

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The Cold War to Brittney Griner: a new twist in U.S.-Russia prisoner swaps

The Cold War to Brittney Griner: a new twist in U.S.-Russia prisoner swaps

The U.S. and Russia are trying to work out a prisoner exchange that involves basketball star Brittney Griner. While they've done deals for decades, the trading usually involves spies for spies.
by Greg Myre

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Tall ships — and crowds — set to arrive in Two Harbors this week

Tall ships — and crowds — set to arrive in Two Harbors this week

Up to 30,000 people are expected in Two Harbors this week, starting Thursday, for the Festival of Sail. The four-day event features replicas of historic sailing ships of yore.
by Dan Kraker

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Holocaust survivor Lucy K. Smith dies at 89

Holocaust survivor Lucy K. Smith dies at 89

Funeral services were held Friday morning for St. Paul resident and Holocaust survivor Lucy K. Smith. During WWII in Poland she and her mother hid for six years and were never caught.
by MPR News Staff

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Preservation group hopes to reignite conversations with DNR about fate of Manfred House

Preservation group hopes to reignite conversations with DNR about fate of Manfred House

The fate of the Frederick Manfred House in Blue Mounds State Park is still undecided. It’s been closed to the public for years after suffering extensive water damage. A preservation group wants it repaired and reopened, but its current owner, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is proposing another plan which will only save the famed novelist’s writing room.
by Hannah Yang

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Canadian couple approaches the end of oxcart trek across Minnesota

Canadian couple approaches the end of oxcart trek across Minnesota

A Canadian couple retracing the 1800s oxcart trail from Winnipeg to St. Paul plan to end their journey this week despite a variety of challenges that slowed their progress.
by Dan Gunderson

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Tom Askjem on outhouse archaeology

Tom Askjem on outhouse archaeology

Tom Askjem is a citizen historian and archivist who has made a career of digging bottles, dish fragments and other forgotten relics of the past in outhouse pits.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Split Rock Lighthouse historic site back open after lightning strike knocked out utilities

Split Rock Lighthouse historic site back open after lightning strike knocked out utilities

Split Rock Lighthouse historic site on the North Shore is back open, after a lightning bolt struck the grounds, raced through the historic site’s electrical system and knocked out water, power and a variety of other functions on Monday.
by Tim Nelson

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U.S. identifies Native American boarding schools, burial sites

U.S. identifies Native American boarding schools, burial sites

A new federal study shows the U.S. government supported more than 400 Native American boarding schools aimed at assimilating Native children. The Interior Department's findings released Wednesday expanded the number of schools known to have operated during a 150-year period.
by The Associated Press

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