Longfellow Event Calendar & Board Meetings

Latest Past Events

Open House at “Mother” Saint James AME Church

St. James AME Church 3600 Snelling Ave, Minneapolis

Explore the oldest Black Church in Minneapolis, St. James AME Church, 3600 Snelling Avenue S., and the entire state of Minnesota, during Doors Open Minneapolis, May 18th from 10am until 5pm. There will be presentations throughout the day including Our (1860) beginnings in Territorial Minnesota at 11:15am; Journey from St. Anthony Falls to Snelling Ave S. at 12:15pm;  [...]

LCC Open House

LCC Office 3101 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis

Warm up during the cold winter months with some hot chocolate and hot toddies and get to know your neighborhood organization! We're having an open house on Thursday, February 29th [...]

Documentary Premiere – Longfellow: Our Journey

Minneapolis Fire Station #24 4501 Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis

In May of 1863, following the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, hundreds of African Americans fled slavery on two steamboats provided by the military at Fort Snelling. What happened to these families after entering the same site where Dred Scott and dozens more were enslaved by the same U.S Military? Join [...]