Minneapolis students during the 1970 teachers’ strike

Minneapolis students during the 1970 teachers’ strike

Minneapolis students show support for striking teachers, April 10, 1970. Photograph by Buzz for the St. Paul Dispatch/Pioneer Press. From box 281 of the Twin Cities Newspapers Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1970

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1970

Minneapolis teachers on strike, April 9, 1970. Photograph by Charles Bjorgen for the Minneapolis Star. From box 299 of the Twin Cities Newspapers Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1970

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1970

Minneapolis teachers on strike, April 9, 1970. Photograph by Church for the St. Paul Dispatch/Pioneer Press. From box 281 of the Twin Cities Newspapers Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1940s

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1940s

Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1940s.

Aerial view of the Swift & Company plant in Worthington

Aerial view of the Swift & Company plant in Worthington

Aerial view of the Swift Company plant in Worthington, 1982. Forms part of the Mart aerial photography collection (I.303).

Amy Juarez and Baby Hamilton

Amy Juarez and Baby Hamilton

Babysitter Amy Juarez with Baby Hamilton. Hamilton was separated from his mother, Catalina, after the ICE raids in Worthington on December 12, 2006. Photograph by Diego Velez for the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network, December 17, 2006.

Family members reunited after the Worthington ICE raid

Family members reunited after the Worthington ICE raid

The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota’s John Keller (left) and UFCW Local 1161 President Mike Potter (right) with two family members (center) reunited after the ICE raid on the Swift & Company plant in Worthington. Photograph by the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network, December 14, 2006.

Swift and Company ICE raids, 2006

On Tuesday, December 12, 2006, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided six meat-processing plants in six US states, including one in Worthington, Minnesota. At the Worthington plant alone, 239 workers were detained, leaving the city’s 11,283 residents in a state of turmoil. Children and families sought out community churches for asylum while local organizations worked tirelessly to establish faith-based and interpersonal networks to support the Worthington community.

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

Industrial therapist Edmund Sandeen presents a St. Peter State Hospital display that tells the story of the institution’s industrial therapy program, ca. 1950.

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

Employees of the St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota) cutting ice on the Minnesota River, next to the hospital, January 1940.

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