Did you know one of Saint Paul's first residents was a successful black man who spoke 3 languages, donated funds to build a church, and was respected and loved by his neighbors?
To learn more about Jim Thompson and the history of civil rights in Minnesota, click HERE for Bill Green's book A Peculiar Imbalance, or HERE for Degrees of Freedom.
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