The president of the United Packing House Workers of America (UPWA) union Local 6, Charles Lee (second from left), with Freeborn County attorney O. Russell Olson (far left), sheriff Everette Stovern (third from right), police lieutenant Woodrow Chrz (second from right), and union lawyer Doug Hall (far right), 1959. Minneapolis Star Tribune portraits collection (news photos, box 108), Minnesota Historical Society.

Charles Lee with attorney, sheriff, police lieutenant, and lawyer

The president of the United Packing House Workers of America (UPWA) union Local 6, Charles Lee (second from left), with Freeborn County attorney O. Russell Olson (far left), sheriff Everette Stovern (third from right), police lieutenant Woodrow Chrz (second from right), and union lawyer Doug Hall (far right), 1959. Minneapolis Star Tribune portraits collection (news photos, box 108), Minnesota Historical Society.

Members of the National Guard confront striking meatpacking plant workers in Albert Lea. Printed in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1959. Original caption: “National Guardsmen dispersed crowds at Wilson Gate early Friday morning.” Photograph by Charles Brill.

National Guardsmen confronting strikers

Members of the National Guard confront striking meatpacking plant workers in Albert Lea. Printed in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1959. Original caption: “National Guardsmen dispersed crowds at Wilson Gate early Friday morning.” Photograph by Charles Brill.

Martial Law in Albert Lea, 1959

In the winter of 1959–1960 a bitter packing-house workers’ strike against Wilson & Company in Albert Lea descended into such disorder that Governor Orville Freeman declared martial law. A federal district court later ruled his order unlawful.

James P. Taylor (center) in police custody on July 5, 1956, the day he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Kenneth Lindberg. Box 423 of the Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

James P. Taylor

James P. Taylor (center) in police custody on July 5, 1956, the day he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Kenneth Lindberg. Box 423 of the Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Headline and images from an article on the disappearance of Kenneth Lindberg (“Missing Banker’s Auto Found on North Side”) that ran in the Minneapolis Star on November 18, 1955.

Minneapolis Star article on the disappearance of Kenneth Lindberg

Headline and images from an article on the disappearance of Kenneth Lindberg (“Missing Banker’s Auto Found on North Side”) that ran in the Minneapolis Star on November 18, 1955.

Image of first known deed with a covenant in the Twin Cities, May 26, 1910. The passage containing the covenant is highlighted. Deeds Book 759, page 538, Document 712111, recorded April 23, 1914. Registrar of Titles, Hennepin County Recorder’s Office, Minneapolis.

First known Twin Cities deed with a racial covenant

Image of first known deed with a covenant in the Twin Cities, May 26, 1910. The passage containing the covenant is highlighted. Deeds Book 759, page 538, Document 712111, recorded April 23, 1914. Registrar of Titles, Hennepin County Recorder’s Office, Minneapolis.

Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Newspaper ad with racial covenant

Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Fair housing protesters from the “Committee to End Discrimination against Fourth Class Whites," December 19, 1962, St. Paul Pioneer Press. Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Men protesting fair housing in St. Paul

Members of the “Committee to End Discrimination against Fourth Class Whites" protesting fair housing in St. Paul on December 19, 1962, St. Paul Pioneer Press. Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Racial Housing Covenants in the Twin Cities

Minneapolis real estate developers began writing racial covenants—race-based property ownership restrictions—into property deeds in 1910. They were banned by the Minnesota state legislature in 1953, but their use in the early twentieth century laid the foundation for contemporary racial disparities in Minnesota.

Nina Clifford’s brothel at 147 South Washington Avenue in St. Paul, down the street from Ida Dorsey’s brothel at 151 South Washington Avenue. Photograph by A. F. Raymond, 1937.

One of Nina Clifford's brothels

Nina Clifford’s brothel at 147 South Washington Street in St. Paul. Photograph by A. F. Raymond, 1937.

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