The Negro and his home in Minnesota

"This is the third in a series of reports made by the Governor's Interracial Commission in studying racial and religious problems which exist in Minnesota. Prejudice is the harvest when seeds of misunderstanding are sown in the hearts and minds of men. The Commission endeavors to help destroy these dangerous seeds by presenting true facts. Towards this end the report objectively sets forth the situation of the Negro and his home in this state... It show that there is not absolute segregation and that the Negro's plight is not as bad as in many other states. But it also indicates that white citizens of Minnesota are guilty of prejudice in generally restricting the Negro in his choice and location of a home. And until these wrongs have been put right we can have no cause for self-satisfaction on this score. There are no 'second class citizenship ratings' in America and no group of citizens deserves restriction to second class housing. This study is comprehensive and goes as far as to inquire into what goes on in the mind of the white man. We find, sadly, that 60 per cent of our white people favor segregation. And yet there is also cause for hope in the examples of Negro and white families, which are living harmoniously side by side in some neighborhoods. There is proof that, with understanding, brotherhood really can be achieved. I commend this report to the reading of all citizens. It is hoped that it will awaken a new spirit and understanding that will give our Negro citizen a fair opportunity to a home on the same basis as that of other citizens"-- "The Governor's Interracial Commission submits to you a report on the conditions of the housing which Negroes occupy with the state. Besides the actual status of the housing, an effort was made to examine related factors, such as the attitude of white persons, and devices, such as residential restrictive covenants... Within the state, as across the nation, the Negro encounters discriminatory practices. The most injurious was studied in an earlier report, The Negro Worker in Minnesota. Here an attempt is made to survey an almost equally important evil"--