‘Cover Stories’ Archives
3 GENERATIONS RUN PRINTING BUSINESS
Carlson Printing at Franklin and Chicago rolls with the times, focusing on personalized customer service By Tesha M. Christensen photo submittedStan Carlson started Carlson Printing in 1974 with his two sons, and his granddaughter is now working there. The southeast corner of Franklin and Chicago has been home to a third generation family business since the 1970s. “Although it has it”™s unique challenges, it works well for us,” remarked Christy Crawford, granddaughter of the man who started Carlson Printing Company. “It”™s convenient being close to downtown and the freeways, and also exciting to be surrounded by diversity and so many great non-profits working to improve people”™s lives.” Carlson Printing Company strives to be a good friend and neighbor. “We are proud to be a third generation family business,” remarked Christy. “We feel lucky to have wonderful longtime employees, as well as [...]
Commemorating 400 years of Black oppression, resistance and resilience
Ebony Adedayo By Ebony Adedayo, ReCAST Minneapolis Program Manager Aug. 20, 2019 marks the 400th Year Commemoration of Africans being brought to Jamestown, Va. and enslaved by the British. To honor this event, the city of Minneapolis”™ Division of Race and Equity is bringing together city staff and community partners to collectively remember who Africans were prior to the history of enslavement, recover the truth about our oppression and resistance, and reimagine a future that is not predicated on the harm of Black bodies or other people of color.  To commemorate this, it is important to first understand that the enslavement of Africans predates 1619, as the Portuguese, Spanish, and the Dutch had driven the slave trade since the late 1400s. The oldest slave castle in the world ”“ Elmina off of the coast of Ghana - was built in 1482 by the Portuguese and started being used for slavery shortly after 1492. Enslaved Africans were sent to Europe, the [...]
