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Request for Proposals – Interactive Learning Lab Contents and Components for Gibbs Farm
PBS Almanac Video on the Vision of Peace Statue
Upcoming Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Research Center Closures
Podcast Launch – Call for Story Submissions
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Winter PeeWees Camp – Valentine Fun
Winter PeeWees Camp – A Long Winter Nap
Selma 70
April 2025-May 2026
RCHS Gallery, Landmark Center First Floor
75 Fifth Street West, Saint Paul MN 55102
In 2015, 70 individuals, representing more than a dozen local organizations, traveled from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” This journey wasn’t just about looking back. It was a call to action, a reminder that the fight for civil rights and justice is ongoing. The Pilgrims’ experiences, their reflections, and the lessons they brought back are captured in this Selma 70 exhibit. Through their eyes, we explore not only the history of the Civil Rights Movement but also its lasting impact and the continuous struggle for equality and justice in our own times.
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Virtually all of the 4.5 million documents, photographs, artifacts, and other items that make up our collections have been donated to RCHS. If you have pieces of Ramsey County history gathering dust in your basement, consider donating them to RCHS. Please contact Curator Mollie Spillman to donate artifacts, photographs or documents. RCHS Curator Mollie Spillman (L) donating an oral history collection to the University of Minnesota's Tretter Collection through Tretter Curator Lisa Vecoli (R).
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