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Del’s Tire Mart
This now-demolished building—an actual tire store—proved crucial in the development of Prince’s music. In the summer and fall of 1978, he rented a room in the back of the building to serve as an…
Central High School
Central High School was the heart of the Southside African-American community for most of the twentieth century. Despite protests, the Minneapolis Public Schools decided to close the building in 1982.…
Arts and the Suffrage Movement
The arts can be powerful tools for social and political change. Local suffrage organizations used a variety of creative strategies to engage the public. They organized historical pageants and skating…
Take a Tour
Votes for Women: Hennepin County
Centennial of the Armistice: The Commemoration of World War I in the Twin Cities
Purple Places: A Digital History Tour of Prince's Minneapolis
Cedar-Riverside: From Snoose Boulevard to Little Somalia
Recent Stories
After Suffrage: Becoming Citizens
On September 8, 1919, the Minnesota state legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, becoming the 15th state to do so. Eleven months later, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the…
Women's Suffrage and World War I
A turning point for the suffrage movement came in April 1917, when the United States entered the First World War. Historians have argued that suffrage volunteerism during the war helped persuade…
Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Minnesota's Suffrage Movement
When Jamar Clark died after being shot by Minneapolis police in November 2015, hundreds of people gathered in the square outside Minneapolis's City Hall to demand justice. #BlackLivesMatter, then only…
The Press and Women's Suffrage
The main sources of news in 1914 were either neighborhood gossip or the local newspaper. Radio only became widely available in the late 1920s. Local papers could easily sway public opinion, so…