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Organization s commemorate the 101st anniversary of Duluth lynchings
“There is a history of violence in our country that we haven’t addressed,” says Kevin Lindsey, with the Minnesota Humanities Center. Author: Charmaine Nero (KARE 11) Published: 6:40 PM CDT June 15, 2021 Updated: 6:40 PM CDT June 15, 2021
DULUTH, Minn. 101 years ago today, a mob of thousands stormed into a Duluth jail cell and tortured, dragged and hanged three Black men – Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie.
“There is a history of violence in our country that we haven’t addressed,” says Kevin Lindsey, with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
Lindsey is the CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center. The organization recently held an event along with the Collaborative Legal Community Coalition – to discuss the history while commemorating the anniversary of this tragic piece of Minnesota history.
Red Cabin Custard will be monitored going forward after a Minnesota Department of Human Rights investigation found probable cause that one of its owners had a pattern of sexual harassment, including victimizing a teen in 2015.
CHISHOLM â Minnesota Discovery Center recently hosted an opening for its new traveling exhibit called, âWe Are Water MN.â The exhibit runs through July 11.
About a dozen speakers, representing the various partnerships on the exhibit spoke at the opening event, which was attended by about 18 stakeholders. Some of the speakers participated in person, while the others gave their presentations via an online platform.
MDC Executive Director Donna Johnson was also in the lineup of speakers for Thursday. âIâm just honored to have the exhibit here at the Discovery Center,â she told the Chisholm Tribune Press the following day. âItâs such an important topic and a partnership with all those involved. It opens your eyes on how water touches you in so many ways.â
WAPS’ racial disparity in discipline persists (5/5/2021)
Black students at Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) were suspended seven times more often than their white peers last school year. As the district nears the end of a three-year agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) to reduce the disparity in discipline between students of color and white students, that disparity remains largely unchanged.
Later this year, WAPS will submit a final report to the MDHR regarding suspension rates. The district is one of many that entered agreements with the department. “We all agree that kids can’t learn if they’re not in the classroom,” former MDHR Commissioner Kevin Lindsey told the Winona Post in 2018.