African Americans in Minnesota

This book is part of the Minnesota history curriculum by the same name, but can be purchased separately. Written by Nora Murphy and Mary Murphy-Gnatz, it is a collection of short biographies of nine African American children and adults who have made a contribution to Minnesota history. They include fur trader George Bonga, former slave John Hickman, William Gray, a free African American who moved here from Pennsylvania before the Civil War, Mattie McIntosh, a girl who grew up here in the post-Civil War era, Nellie Stone Johnson, a DFL party leader, police officer James Griffin, history professor David Taylor, and modern boys Eric Mosley and Mohamoud Aden Amin. The stories are interesting and will broaden the cultural background of readers.