Transcript of One Day in May: "People or Property: 'Law Enforcement in the Ghetto'" (afternoon session)

Please note: this recording contains use of the n-word that some listeners may find disturbing. A transcript of Gary Hines, Larry Harrell, Douglas Hall, and Corty Espangoga discussing issues surrounding police presence in black neighborhoods in an afternoon panel moderated by Dr. Joel Torstenson. The panel was part of a day focused on speaking and listening to issues of racial injustice, known as "One Day in May," 1968 May 15. Augsburg administration and faculty canceled class for One Day in May and invited speakers to discuss racism in and beyond Minneapolis following the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. Audio digitized from a magnetic reel-to-reel recording on 2017 December 19 and edited for clarity. The image depicts Gary Hines (a participant in the afternoon session) and Joel Bjerkestrand sitting in Murphy Square and comes from a 1968 May 22 article in the Augsburg Echo, second page.

1968-05-15

African Americans Minnesota
Hennepin County Bar Association

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