Blacks in Minnesota: A Preliminary Guide to Historical Sources

by David Vassar Taylor

40 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

David Vassar Taylor, was the dean of the General College at the University of Minnesota, and a scholar of the African diaspora. He wrote and lectured on the history of African Americans in Minnesota, and worked in the project "Voices of Rondo: Oral Histories of Saint Paul’s Historic Black Community."

Reviews

[Daniel Kleven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nearly 50 years old, this is obviously a quite dated bibliography, nevertheless, it does provide a good starting point for some of the older sources, and in fact, by tracing citations, can be a useful entry into more contemporary work as well. In addition to published print sources, it also includes a listing of "Manuscript Collections" throughout Minnesota, as well as "Letters," "Personal Papers," "Buildings," "Photographs," and dozens of "Oral Interviews."