One Minneapolis, One Read display at Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis native, Michele Norris, explores her family’s history in The Grace of Silence, includingher family’s experience as the first African-American family in their south Minneapolis neighborhood. Get started exploring your family’s history by visiting the display in the Library Commons at Minneapolis Central Library. See a sample of African-American history and genealogy resources available from the library, including a pamphlet about neighborhood integration from the 1950s (above) and a 1943 enlistment poster from Special Collections.
