Championing Black Voices in MN - Honoring the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Thu Feb 20 2025 at 04:30 pm to 05:30 pm UTC-06:00

Seward Community Co-op - Friendship Store | Minneapolis

Seward Community Co-op
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Championing Black Voices in MN - Honoring the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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Join us at the Friendship store for an open house and conversation honoring the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
About this Event

Join us in welcoming James L. Stroud Jr., historian and author, for a conversation about the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper. From 4:30-5:30 p.m., enjoy refreshments and explore the history of the MSR and the activists who founded it. James will share some remarks on the legacy of Black journalism and impact of MSR’s 90 years of being a cultural resource in the Twin Cities, and specifically within the historic corridor of Black culture right here on 38th street.

Friendship store classroom

Free! Registration not required but if you register via Eventbrite you will receive a reminder email the day before the event.


James “Jimmy” L. Stroud, Jr.is a writer and photographer as well as an self-described “house historian” of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Newspaper. He currently teaches students K-6 in the St. Paul school district and is working on 2 book projects.





Our community rooms are located on the ground level of each of our store locations, past the seating area in the front of the store. They are mobility-device accessible.

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Seward Community Co-op - Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, United States

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