RE: [Mpls] Historical readlining

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:35:03 -0700

I am sure there are phd's in History on this list that will rip apart my
analysis, but what the heck -- I am feeling risky today.
 
According to "African Americans in Minnesota" by David Taylor and
published by Minnesota Historical Society Press (2002) the African
Americian dominated neighborhoods in Minneapolis have been:
 
1. 1860-1875 In the area of North East basically where East Hennepin,
University and Broadway come together.
2. 1870-1930: On the other side of the river
3. 1870-1915: North of Franklin, West of Chicago and East of Lyndale
4. 1910: Start of the first North neighborhoods about the Olson Hwy and
Lyndale Avenue intersection.
5. This expands North and Northwest in the 1930's
6. Continued in that expansion in the 1970's
7. In South Minneapolis in 1925-ish there was a hub South of 40th west
of Chicago and East of Nicollet.
8. This hub grew north and south in the 70's to range from Franklin does
to 60th between Chicago and Nicollet.
 
As interesting is the migration of African Americans from South to
Bloomington, Burnsville and Richfield and from North to Brooklyn Center,
Brooklyn Park, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Plymouth.
 
Based on the footnotes in the book the data for making the maps seems to
have come predominately from Census data, and would have all the flaws
inherent in the collection of that data.
 
 
Joseph Barisonzi
Willard Hay
 
 
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taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans
are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get
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-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mpls-[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
Of David Brauer
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:04 PM
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Subject: [Mpls] Historical readlining
 
on 9/9/03 4:47 PM, Jim Bernstein at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
> There are parts of the Near North Side and in Central that were
> historically black neighborhoods and there was, up until the close of
> WWII, a loosely enforced "code" by lenders, developers and realtors
that
> kept all but the most prosperous black families confined to those
> neighborhoods. Elected officials in the city for the most part but
with
> noteworthy exceptions, accepted that code and did not shake the tree.
 
Notwithstanding Jim's larger point, this post tweaked something I've
wondered about for some time...
 
Does any listmember know the historic boundaries of the redline (within
which people of color could buy)? When I first moved to Kingfield,
someone
told me the line on the west side of the highway (which of course wasn't
the
highway then) was 38th Street; I've always wondered if that was true.
 
Perhaps the boundaries were fuzzier...but if anyone knows or has done
the
research, could they share their info on the list?
 
Thanks,
David Brauer
Kingfield
 
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