African Americans

Frederick McGhee house, 665 University Avenue, St. Paul

Frederick McGhee house, 665 University Avenue, St. Paul

Fredrick McGhee house, 665 University Avenue, St. Paul, c.1918.

Frederick (or Fredrick) L. McGhee

Frederick (or Fredrick) L. McGhee

Fredrick McGhee, c.1910.

Mattie McGhee (Mrs. Frederick McGhee)

Mattie McGhee (Mrs. Frederick McGhee)

Mattie McGhee, wife of Fredrick McGhee, c.1900. Photographer: Harry Shepherd.

Frederick (or Fredrick) L. McGhee

Frederick (or Fredrick) L. McGhee

Fredrick McGhee, c.1890. Photographer: Harry Shepherd.

McGhee, Fredrick (1861-1912)

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Fredrick McGhee was known as one of Minnesota's most prominent trial lawyers. In 1905 he was one of a group of thirty-two men, led by W.E.B. DuBois, who founded the Niagara Movement, which called for full civil liberties and an end to racial discrimination.

Casiville Bullard House, Side View

Casiville Bullard House, Side View

Casiville Bullard House, Side View, 1282 Folsom Street, St. Paul

Casiville Bullard House

Casiville Bullard House, Front View

Casiville Bullard House, Front View, 1282 Folsom Street, St. Paul

Western Appeal

The Western Appeal was one of the most successful African American newspapers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the height of its popularity, it was published in six separate editions in cities across the United States, including St. Paul.

Casiville Bullard House, St. Paul

The 1909 Casiville Bullard House in St. Paul is a rare example of a house built and owned by an African American skilled laborer in the early twentieth century in Minnesota. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 in recognition of its significance.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, editor of the Western Appeal, c.1922.

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