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"The Contemplation Of Our Righteousness": Vigilante Acts Against African Americans In Southwest Minnesota, 1903, Christopher P. Lehman
"The Contemplation Of Our Righteousness": Vigilante Acts Against African Americans In Southwest Minnesota, 1903, Christopher P. Lehman
Ethnic and Women's Studies Faculty Publications
In 1903 an African American man came to Montevideo, Minnesota from out of state and was accused of physically assaulting a European American woman. The townspeople formed a posse and searched for the alleged assailant in southern Minnesota. At the time the African American population was in the single digits. None of the African American residents knew the alleged attacker or were related to him. Nevertheless, the victim's family approached those residents and told them to leave town, and their subsequent departure left Montevideo without African Americans for well over half a century. The local press covered the alleged attack …
George W. Friedrich Park, Ann Marie Johnson
George W. Friedrich Park, Ann Marie Johnson
All Alumni Publications
In November 1934, St. Cloud State Teachers College (now St. Cloud State University) President George A. Selke announced the purchase of 51 acres of abandoned granite quarry land in southeast St. Cloud. Added to property the college already owned, the site became what is now known as George W. Friedrich Park. Though officially closed in 1976, the park has been used throughout its existence as was originally intended, as an outdoor education, recreation and conservation area. Located about one mile from campus on the east end of University Drive (then Michigan Avenue) the site has remained intact despite repeated threats …