Stories from the map

Eliza Winston was held captive by her enslavers in Minnesota in 1860 at the Thornton Boarding House, located on the shores of Lake Harriet in present-day southwest Minneapolis. Mapping Prejudice team members Penny Petersen and Michael Corey pinpointed the location of this key event in Eliza Winston's struggle for freedom.
 

A public history of 6th Avenue North Minneapolis, MN.

Real estate, racial segregation, and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

Mapping the intersections of race and resort culture during the early to mid twentieth century in Cass and Crow Wing Counties, MN.

The Mac-Groveland neighborhood as a key site of Black history and St. Paul history