Days of Rondo

Days of Rondo
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Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9780873518130
ISBN-13 : 0873518136
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Book Synopsis Days of Rondo by : Evelyn Fairbanks

Download or read book Days of Rondo written by Evelyn Fairbanks and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.


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