People without housing wait outside to enter the House of Charity at 714 Park Avenue in Minneapolis. Photo by Jean Pieri, 1981.

People without housing in St. Stephen’s Church, Minneapolis. Photo by Minneapolis Tribune photographer Mike Zerby taken on July 2, 1982. From box 485 of the Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Original caption: “Men, women and children share sleeping quarters at St. Stephen’s; curtains separate the men’s and women’s sections.” Published with “Church Gathers in the Poor, But Its Neighbors Worry,” Peg Meier, Minneapolis Tribune, July 10, 1982, 1B.

People's Lobby members receive food during their occupation of the Minnesota Senate chamber on the evening of April 5, 1937.

A speaker addresses members of the People's Lobby during their occupation of the Minnesota senate on the night of April 5, 1937.