Birth of Activist and business woman, Nellie Stone Johnson in 1905 is born in Lakeville, MN. She was the first African American elected to city wide office. As a life long member of NAACP worked on behalf of minority issues and labor rights.
Thanks to Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis, MN- teacher Paul Sommers and student Zachary Reidell, and Northeast middle school-teacher Patricia Nelson and the after-school History Club and MPS Community Educationfor the research on December’s Day in History.
Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.
Minnesota Sesquicentennial 