Cheryl McKissack Daniel, CEO of McKissack & McKissack, the oldest Black-owned construction firm in the company, tells the story of her family business in her debut book.
Decades of discriminatory housing practices created racial disparities in home ownership and wealth. The fight for equity in Minnesota continues today.
A number of events important to the Civil Rights Movement — from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to Emmett Till’s murder — took place on Aug. 28.