An MPR News Presents broadcast of New York University historian Thomas Sugrue speaking at the Minnesota Historical Society's History Forum. Sugrue, author of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, a book exploring the stories of Northern activists who challenged racial inequality.
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, who grew up in Anoka and was the first African American to graduate Hamline University, is prominently featured in both the book and speech.