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t. e. On June 15, 1920, three African-American circus workers, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, suspects in an assault case, were taken from the jail and lynched by a White mob of thousands in Duluth, Minnesota. Rumors had circulated that six Black men had raped and robbed a nineteen-year-old White woman.
Duluth (/ dəˈluːθ / ⓘ də-LOOTH) is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population was 86,697 at the 2020 census, [4] making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city.
Bill Berry, drummer for the band R.E.M.; Haley Bonar, folk music singer and songwriter; David Dondero, indie-folk musician; Bob Dylan, iconic Grammy and Academy Award-winning folk singer and songwriter; spearheaded the American folk music revival during mid-1960s; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1988); Nobel Prize in Literature (2016), born in Duluth
On February 28, 2013, a bill was introduced in the Minnesota Legislature to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. [30] On May 9, 2013, it passed the House of Representatives by 75–59 votes, [31] and on May 13 the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 37–30. [32] Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill into law on May 14. The legislation took ...
MN: 1826–1904 1858–1896 — — Buchanan: retirement 2 William Lochren: MN: 1832–1912 1896–1908 — — Cleveland: retirement 3 Page Morris: MN: 1853–1924 1903–1923 — 1923–1924 T. Roosevelt: death 4 Milton D. Purdy: MN: 1866–1937 1908–1909 [Note 1] 1909 [Note 2] — — T. Roosevelt Taft: not confirmed resignation 5 Charles ...
Lee Reuben Anderson Sr. (born June 22, 1939) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the owner and chairman of the Minnesota-based API Group Inc., [1] a holding company for numerous construction and fire-protection firms. His charitable interests include children's health, higher education, and the welfare of American military ...
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. Roger Jonathon Reinert (born July 22, 1970) is an American politician, mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, and member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). He served in the Minnesota House from 2009 to 2011 and the Minnesota Senate from 2011 to 2017. From 2004 to 2009, Reinert served on the ...
Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2019. He also served as the deputy chair of the Democratic ...