During the 1960s and 1970s, people with unconventional ideas congregated in the neighborhoods near the University of Minnesota: Cedar-Riverside, the West Bank, Marcy-Holmes, and Dinkytown. The coffee shops and homes in these neighborhoods became meeting places for people of different classes, with different values and different stakes in the current political and economic institutions.

This website contains interviews of people who experienced those days of learning, adventure, and activism. Their stories and reflections provide an intimate record of a foundational moment in the history of Minneapolis. They also offer a potential source of guidance to those seeking to do good in the present day.

Explore the interviews below: