On This Date in Minnesota History: July 28

July 28, 1968 - Founded by Dennis Banks, George Mitchell, Herb Powless, Clyde Bellecourt, Harold Goodsky and Eddie Benton-Banai ¹ on this date “in an upstairs office on Plymouth Ave. in North Minneapolis, the American Indian Movement (AIM) became an activist organization to advocate for American Indians in the United States.”²¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement
²http://www.placeography.org/index.php/American_Indian_Movement,_Plymouth_Ave.,_N._Minneapolis,_Minnesota

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