2013 Events
History Player Toni Stone and HiJinx Craft Activity
Saturdays, 2/9/13 and 2/23/13, 12-4 p.m.
Included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members.
Celebrate Black History Month in February at the History Center. Meet History Player Toni Stone, one of the first women to play Negro league baseball. Explore the museum galleries and learn about African American men and women who made significant contributions to the state of Minnesota. Then make and decorate your own pennant to take home.
Transportation Then and Now: African American Contributions to the Rail Industry
Wednesday, 2/13/13, 11:30 a.m.
Free
In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate African Americans and their contributions to the railroad industry, looking at the rail experience from the perspective of the Pullman Porters, wait staff and mail bag grabbers whose occupations helped to spur the black middle class of St. Paul known as the Rondo Community. The program will examine how the contributions of unsung heroes of yesterday helped to forge advantages for today’s industry.
Presented by the Minnesota History Center and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
History Resources
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History Topics: African American Civil Rights Movement
African Americans in Minnesota by David Vassar Taylor
Black History Makers in Minnesota (PDF Document)
A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota by William D. Green
Labor, Politics, and African American Identity in Minneapolis, 1930–50
History Topics: Rondo Neighborhood & the Building of I-94
