Young Brothers Barber Shop and Satin Doll Beauty Salon, 1918 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, ca. 1970s. The Young brothers owned multiple barber shops on Plymouth Avenue North.

Young Brothers Barber Shop and Satin Doll Beauty Salon

Young Brothers Barber Shop and Satin Doll Beauty Salon, 1918 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, ca. 1970s. The Young brothers owned multiple barber shops on Plymouth Avenue North.

The New Way (1913 Plymouth Avenue, Minneapolis), a popular community center for the black community, ca. 1975. At the time this photograph was taken, it had just opened.

The Way

The New Way (1913 Plymouth Avenue, Minneapolis), a popular community center for the black community, ca. 1975. At the time this photograph was taken, it had just opened.

Singer Maurice McKennies with The Blazers performing in the Cozy Bar club on Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, ca. 1968. Photo by Mike Zerby, Minneapolis Tribune.

The Blazers at the Cozy Bar

Singer Maurice McKennies with The Blazers performing in the Cozy Bar club on Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, ca. 1968. Photo by Mike Zerby, Minneapolis Tribune.

Police standing near a building on Plymouth Avenue in Near North Minneapolis during an episode of civil unrest in the neighborhood, ca. 1967. Photo by Twiggs.

Riot police along Plymouth Avenue

Police standing near a building on Plymouth Avenue in Near North Minneapolis during an episode of civil unrest in the neighborhood, ca. 1967. Photo by Twiggs.

Boarded-up commercial building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue, ca. 1958. The image also shows a billboard advertising Wonder Bread. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue

Boarded-up commercial building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue, ca. 1958. The image also shows a billboard advertising Wonder Bread. Photo by Norton & Peel.

View of an apartment building at 2419 Plymouth Avenue in Near North Minneapolis. ca. 1957. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Apartment building at 2419 Plymouth Avenue

View of an apartment building at 2419 Plymouth Avenue in Near North Minneapolis. ca. 1957. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Women sewing at Phyllis Wheatly House. ca. 1936. WPA Negative Collection.

Sewing project at Phyllis Wheatley House

Women sewing at Phyllis Wheatly House. ca. 1936. WPA Negative Collection.

The Wheatley Aires, a men’s singing group, sing in front of an audience at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (809 Aldrich Avenue North) with a pianist accompanying. ca. 1950.

Wheatley Aires

The Wheatley Aires, a men’s singing group, sing in front of an audience at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (809 Aldrich Avenue North) with a pianist accompanying. ca. 1950. Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul

Near North African American Community, Minneapolis

The Near North community of Minneapolis—made up of the neighborhoods of Harrison, Hawthorne, Jordan, Near North, Sumner-Glenwood, and Willard-Hay—has had a major African American presence since the early 1900s. Distinguished by its own businesses, organizations, and culture, it remains a hub of African American Minnesotan life in the twenty-first century.

Minneapolis residents discuss policing and community relations at one of Inter-Race’s group forums, 1991. From the organizational records of the INTER-RACE Institute 1986–2001 (box 1991 123.F.10.4F), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Inter-Race group forum on policing and community relations

Minneapolis residents discuss policing and community relations at one of Inter-Race’s group forums, 1991. From the organizational records of the INTER-RACE Institute 1986–2001 (box 1991 123.F.10.4F), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

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