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History Revealed: Sterling Club
Jeremiah Ellis with Levi Brady101 Years of the Sterling Club Jeremiah Ellis with Levi Brady History Revealed Program Date: September 24, 2020 YouTube Video Author and historian Jeremiah Ellis welcomed special guest, former Sterling Club President Levi Brady as they shared the history of the Sterling Club, an…
A Life on the Middle West’s Never-Ending Frontier
Reviewer: Meredith CummingsA Life on the Middle West’s Never-Ending Frontier Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2019 394 pages; hard cover; 22 b&w photos; $35 A Life on the Middle West’s Never Ending Frontier is a well-written and sometimes humorous and self-deprecating memoir by St. Paul native…
Diesel Heart: An Autobiography
Reviewer: Mary Lethert WingerdDiesel Heart: An Autobiography Author: Melvin Whitfield Carter, Jr. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019 256 pages; soft cover; 27 b&w photos; $17.95 Melvin Carter and I both grew up in Saint Paul in the 1950s and ’60s. But Carter’s hometown was a world away…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2007: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Frogtown’s Arundel Street”
James R. BrownGrowing Up in St. Paul: Frogtown’s Arundel Street Author: James R. Brown Driving through his old neighborhood brought back memories to James Brown, especially while he was looking at the Edmund Street home where he lived in the 1920 and ‘30s. One of his recollections was about climbing up…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1991: “Small and Cohesive: St. Paul’s Resourceful African-American Community”
Arthur C. McWattSmall and Cohesive: St. Paul’s Resourceful African-American Community Author: Arthur C. McWatt This article covers notable people, organizations, businesses, trends, and accomplishments in St. Paul’s African-American community, 1910–1943. It discusses major institutions, such as Pilgrim Baptist and St. James AME churches, the Appeal newspaper, and the hiring of blacks by…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1973: “A Revolutionary, a Scientist, and a Civil Rights Leader: 300 Years of Pioneering for St. Paul’s Colorful Markoes”
Jeffrey H. SmithA Revolutionary, a Scientist, and a Civil Rights Leader: 300 Years of Pioneering for St. Paul’s Colorful Markoes …