Rondo: Beyond the Pavement, the podcast

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Podcast by Sounds Powerful Productions

Sounds Powerful Productions


    • Sep 30, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES


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    Bettie Lewis, Kathy Harris and Nina Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 11:07


    The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until September of 1956, when construction of interstate 94 tore through the rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished and a community was torn apart. The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit. These are the stories of Rondo: Beyond the Pavement. Here are grandmother, mother and daughter, Bettie Lewis, Kathy Harris and Nina Harris.

    Donna Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 13:47


    The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until September of 1956, when construction of interstate 94 tore through the rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished and a community was torn apart. The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit. These are the stories of Rondo: Beyond the Pavement. Here is Donna Evans.

    Lorraine Gurley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 19:31


    The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until September of 1956, when construction of interstate 94 tore through the rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished and a community was torn apart. The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit. These are the stories of Rondo: Beyond the Pavement. Here is Lorraine Gurley.

    Melvin Emanuel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 19:06


    The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until September of 1956, when construction of interstate 94 tore through the rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished and a community was torn apart. The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit. These are the stories of Rondo: Beyond the Pavement. Here is Rondo resident Melvin Emanuel.

    Miss Margaret Lovejoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 26:22


    The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until September of 1956, when construction of interstate 94 tore through the rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished and a community was torn apart. The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit. These are the stories of Rondo: Beyond the Pavement, the podcast. Here is Rondo resident Miss Margaret Lovejoy.

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