Before Minneapolis News Today

This public golf course, dredged out of a lost lake almost a century ago, was a refuge. In a city that redlined Black families out of entire neighborhoods and ran highways through Black business districts, Hiawatha was a green space where Black golfers of the 1930s and onward could play through in peace — so long as they abided by the whites-only rule at the clubhouse. "This is one of the most diverse golf courses that you will find within the Twin Cities area," said Dean, president of the Up...