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South Minneapolis Housing Segregation and Tilsenbilt Homes
Tuesday, June 21st, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Judson Memorial Baptist Church, 4101 Harriet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Join local writer and historian Heidi Adelsman for a discussion of South Minneapolis housing segregation and the Tilsenbilt Homes.
Discriminatory housing practices, restrictive deed covenants and red-lining are part of the recent history of Minneapolis with present-day impacts. As recently as the 1950’s, banks and the Federal Housing Administration refused to provide mortgages for homes outside of established Black neighborhoods such as those near the E 38th Street and 4th Avenue corridors.
The Tilsenbilt homes, a group of over 50 homes located on 3rd, 4th and 5th Avenues in the Bryant and Regina neighborhoods, were constructed in the 1950’s by the Tilsen Homes Company with the help of realtor and philanthropist Archie Givens Sr. The Tilsenbilt Homes are believed to be one of the first federally-supported residential housing development in the United States that was open to homebuyers of all races.
Heidi Adelsman, a South Minneapolis neighbor, has researched and written about the Tilsenbilt Homes and other historic places and events that reveal our history of discriminatory housing practices and segregation in Minneapolis. Ms. Adelsman will invite a Tilsenbilt home owner to join her as a presenter. As the Kingfield and Bryant neighborhoods prepare to work with artist Seitu Jones on a rebuilt 40th Street Pedestrian bridge connecting our neighborhoods, we hope you will join us for an important discussion of our shared history.
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