"Celebrating the Voting Rights Act in Minnesota" on display in Hennepin Gallery thru February 27
Friday, February 3, 2017 at 10:04AM
Via an e-newsletter from Hennepin County:
The exhibition by the Hennepin History Museum features a series of panels focusing on local advocacy on behalf of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The panels are supplemented by an assortment of archival materials related to African American life in Minnesota and Hennepin County in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. These include copies of Beacon and Topic magazines, both mid-century African American publications featuring accomplished black community members and writers. The exhibition also includes a 1947 report on the state of housing and the discriminatory housing practices facing black Minnesotans in Hennepin County and across the state.
The Hennepin Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Hennepin County Government Center, A-level, 300. S. Sixth St., Minneapolis. The exhibit is sponsored by and a project of the Communications Department.
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