The William Merriam house at 25 University Avenue, c.1888. The house was Clarence Johnston’s first commission (1882). It was destroyed by fire in 1895.
William Monroe Trotter, 1922. Trotter was an early and energetic opponent of Booker T.Washington's and a persistent voice of protest who had trouble making and keeping alliances. He participated in the founding of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP.
William R. Morris, ca.1919. Morris became captain of Company D of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard and was also a founding member of the Minneapolis NAACP. Image is from the Minneapolis National Advocate, March 15, 1919.