In 1900, Fergus Falls was home to over 50 African Americans. The first among them was...
In 1900, Fergus Falls was home to over 50 African Americans. The first among them was Prince Albert Honeycutt, a Civil War vet with a successful barbershop business. In 1897, 18 black families joined him, lured to town by a real estate flyer, but the farmland they expected was scarce. Prince helped them find jobs. Still. their time in Fergus was short-lived. With WWI and the Depression, work...
AIR DATE 9/22/04
Twelve stories of men and women who came to Minnesota to make a home and a difference, including fur trader George Bonga and the state’s first black woman lawyer, Lena Smith.
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