History

July 3, 2020 4:00 AM

Revisiting sacred cows: Which figures from history do we honor, and how?

Statues have been taken down; names scrubbed from institutions. The national reckoning over race has reenergized debates over historical figures and the scrutiny goes beyond Confederate monuments.

by Melissa Block

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June 30, 2020 7:13 PM

Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War

Mississippi’s Republican governor on Tuesday signed legislation to remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag. Other states took action previously.

by The Associated Press

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June 26, 2020 4:00 AM

Panel begins debate on removing statues from MN Capitol

A Christopher Columbus statue that for decades stood outside Minnesota’s Capitol is now in a state agency warehouse. Yanked down by demonstrators, the ultimate fate of the damaged statue is unclear, as is the outcome of a fresh debate over what to do about similar works on public grounds amid a historical reassessment.

by Brian Bakst

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June 19, 2020 9:25 AM

Twins remove Calvin Griffith statue from Target Field over racist remarks

The team apologized for racist remarks Griffith made to a Lions Club meeting in Waseca, Minn., in 1978. There, Griffith reportedly told the group he moved the team to Minnesota from Washington, D.C., because there weren't many black people here.

by Brandt Williams

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June 18, 2020 4:37 PM

Confederate speaker portraits to be removed from the U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has directed the clerk of the House to remove the portraits of four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy.

by Kelsey Snell

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June 17, 2020 1:00 AM

APM Reports documentary — Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal

APM Reports’ documentary unit took a look at the impact of the jobs and public works programs in the 1930s.

by MPR News Staff

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June 16, 2020 1:00 AM

BBC special: America Beyond Black and White

With America engulfed again by protests against police brutality and racial discrimination, in this BBC Special “America: Beyond Black and White,” host Rajini Vaidyanathan brings together a group of African American writers to discuss how America might move beyond its current racial turmoil.

by MPR News Staff

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June 15, 2020 6:56 PM

Centennial remembrance of Duluth lynchings subdued — but hopeful

There were to be speakers, music, performances and remembrances. Organizers had planned to gather 10,000 people to the streets of downtown Duluth, where on June 15, 1920, three young black men were lynched from a street light by a mob of the same size, after being falsely accused of raping a white woman.

by Dan Kraker