https://www.separatenotequalmn.org/home daily 1.0 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358897-546KVC8RTJYKLIP9XRVP/FieldExterior.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Field Elementary was built in 1920 and is located on 4th Ave South in Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358907-AAG0O7YKX3HQO2BCRNVY/McRae+Park.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Children on the playground in McRae Park in 1975. J Jeffrey P. Grosscup Photograph Collection, Hennepin County Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358890-E34JSIROC1DIHRQL59RI/Hale+exterior.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Located on 13th Ave South in Minneapolis, Hale Elementary was built in 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358902-QC6O37JJEYXFG8534IN6/Pearl+Park.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Aerial image of Pearl Park, ca. 1970s. Courtesy of Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358947-4G1CFXHMDEMEF6I5R7QE/Harry+Davis.png Home - Make it stand out W. Harry Davis, Sr. (1923-2006) was a renowned Minneapolis civil rights activist, business man, and civic leader. Davis joined the Minneapolis School Board in 1969 as an advocate for desegregation. In 1971, he ran as the city’s first Black mayoral candidate. In his lifetime, he received seventy-nine civic leadership awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358927-PBBU1UD0NAP74MS9MAH4/Opposition-Letter.jpg Home A letter written to the Minneapolis School Board in opposition to school desegregation. Many letters claimed the pairing of Hale and Field was a communist plot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358956-R8Y9DEDX1M6B42LNQPVW/Classroom.jpg Home - Make it stand out A desegregated classroom at Field Elementary, ca. 1972. Courtesy of Heidi Adelsman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358933-PI6DAM0LDFFAKDLZ08WG/Superintendent+John+B.Davis+.jpg Home - Make it stand out Dr. John B. Davis, Jr. (1921-2011), Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, and advocate for desegregation, speaks at a public hearing about Minnesota's proposed guidelines for racial balance in schools, November 15, 1969. Photo by Powell Krueger, Minneapolis Tribune. Copyright 1969 Star Tribune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358941-BPL9ZM9NWZDT9QUWM6TR/Support+Letter.jpg Home - Make it stand out A letter written to the Minneapolis School Board in support of desegregation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358968-PIL8HV3GJV6IYXZ2CDNA/Progress+Report+1.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Progress Report 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358992-31KE6MXHFMQUP6EGBET8/group+shot.jpeg Home - Make it stand out A track and field day event at Field Elementary at the end of the first school year of pairing, 1972. The events included softball throw, high and long jump, relays, 50 yard dash, and long distance running. Courtesy of Heidi Adelsman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358985-B4IFFAYANRBLJSZSQLSC/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+9.20.14+AM.png Home - Make it stand out Dr. Lowery Johnson was principal at Field from 1974 to 1979, he worked for Minneapolis Public Schools for over thirty years, and served as principal at seven schools around the city. Courtesy of Heidi Adelsman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358922-5AQZ747BZQE31TMGZBZA/Anti-Busing+Protest.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Segregationists attend a Minneapolis School Board meeting on March 14th 1972. Film still of KSTP news clip from the KSTP TV News Archive, courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358951-73IBUM7S2DTAPSXF8E0Y/Students+on+Bus.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Monica Lash and Molly Johnson were among the first students picked up on the first day of school. Image from the Minneapolis Star, September 2, 1971. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358980-U8NEDF0HOIUAVJKKX7KY/Mr.+Andrews.jpg Home - Make it stand out Mr. James (Mike) Andrews, pictured here with students in a woodworking class, worked for Minneapolis Public Schools for thirty years, and was a teacher at Field from 1971 to 1989. Photo by Powell Krueger, Minneapolis Tribune, December 19, 1971. Copyright 1971 Star Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358974-JOVAJ88FA620PFSZQ41D/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+9.10.48+AM.png Home - Make it stand out Progress Report 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358961-CPPI56B9RYMZJ8FFOE0V/Mrs.+Griffin.JPG Home - Make it stand out Mrs. Bessie Griffin worked for Minneapolis Public Schools for thirty years, and was a teacher in the Gold Unit at Field from 1971 to 1996. Courtesy of Heidi Adelsman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094358997-UNB9KZ0BTHEY7GSJN78Z/Superintendent+Richard+Green+2.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Dr. Richard Green (1936-1989) worked in education for thirty years as teacher, principal, and in 1980 became the first Black superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools. In 1988, he became the first Black chancellor of New York City Public Schools. Courtesy of Sherri Green.Courtesy of Kelley, Kim, and Sherri Green https://www.separatenotequalmn.org/chufue-yang daily 0.75 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62977a15f1e5cc7f36d98f97/1654094369285-6GBJ4NSXYGK6PLMZAGFI/Screen+Shot+2022-05-04+at+1.57.19+PM.png Chufue Yang - Make it stand out Link to student feature here. https://www.separatenotequalmn.org/events daily 0.75 2022-06-01