Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page sits for a portrait inside of MPR in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4, 2019. Page is Minnesota's first black supreme court Justice and a former NFL MVP. "I would hope that one day the disparities that we see in our
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Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page sits for a portrait inside of MPR in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4, 2019. Page is Minnesota's first black supreme court Justice and a former NFL MVP. 

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Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page sits for a portrait inside of MPR in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4, 2019. Page is Minnesota's first black supreme court Justice and a former NFL MVP. 

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Santa Larry Jefferson shapes his beard before the beginning of his shift at The Santa Experience at the Mall of America on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 in Bloomington, Minn. Santa Larry lives in Texas, but comes to work at the Mall of America for two weeks eve
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Santa Larry Jefferson shapes his beard before the beginning of his shift at The Santa Experience at the Mall of America on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 in Bloomington, Minn. 

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Santa Larry Jefferson shapes his beard before the beginning of his shift at The Santa Experience at the Mall of America on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 in Bloomington, Minn. 

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World War II veteran Robert Eugene Holmstrom inside of his St. Paul, Minn., home on Feb. 12, 2020. Holmstrom served as a nose gunner in the Army Air Corps and flew secret missions over Nazi-occupied Europe dropping spies, propaganda, and supplies to the European resistance.

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World War II veteran Robert Eugene Holmstrom inside of his St. Paul, Minn., home on Feb. 12, 2020. Holmstrom served as a nose gunner in the Army Air Corps and flew secret missions over Nazi-occupied Europe dropping spies, propaganda, and supplies to the European resistance.

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The team Brown Bois, from left, Dan Jones, Chandler Brown, Tim Brown and Derek Brown stand for a pre-race portrait before the Indian Horse Relay at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. on Saturday, August 25, 2018. The team is named after the Bois Forte ban
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The team Brown Bois, from left, Dan Jones, Chandler Brown, Tim Brown and Derek Brown stand for a pre-race portrait before the Indian Horse Relay at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. on Saturday, August 25, 2018. The team is named after the Bois Forte band of Chippewa, where Tim lives and raised Chandler and Derek. Jones is a member of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux. 

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The team Brown Bois, from left, Dan Jones, Chandler Brown, Tim Brown and Derek Brown stand for a pre-race portrait before the Indian Horse Relay at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. on Saturday, August 25, 2018. The team is named after the Bois Forte band of Chippewa, where Tim lives and raised Chandler and Derek. Jones is a member of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux. 

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James Badue-El stands for a portrait in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
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James Badue-El stands for a portrait with his two daughters
in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

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James Badue-El stands for a portrait with his two daughters
in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

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Mikah Whitecloud Hart of the Red Lake Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma stands for a portrait in her Jingle Dress at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grand Celebration Powwow in Hinckley, Minn., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Whitecloud has been a Jingle Dres
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Mikah Whitecloud Hart of the Red Lake Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma stands for a portrait in her Jingle Dress at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grand Celebration Powwow in Hinckley, Minn., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Whitecloud has been a Jingle Dress dancer her whole life and has over 570 jingles on her dress, all hand rolled from the lids of copenhagen tobacco tins. ×
Mikah Whitecloud Hart of the Red Lake Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma stands for a portrait in her Jingle Dress at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grand Celebration Powwow in Hinckley, Minn., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Whitecloud has been a Jingle Dress dancer her whole life and has over 570 jingles on her dress, all hand rolled from the lids of copenhagen tobacco tins. ×
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Wallace White inside of the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center in Minneapolis where he works security and made friends with George Floyd before Floyd's murder on Feb. 8, 2021.

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Wallace White inside of the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center in Minneapolis where he works security and made friends with George Floyd before Floyd's murder on Feb. 8, 2021.

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Liz Casper waits before a chemotherapy session inside of Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, 2017.

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Liz Casper waits before a chemotherapy session inside of Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, 2017.

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Katie Carrot and her dog, Jiggy, stand for a portrait inside Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis on Monday, March 13, 2017. In addidition to building forts, Carrot also weaves baskets out of material she finds in the woods.
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Katie Carrot and her dog, Jiggy, stand for a portrait inside Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis on Monday, March 13, 2017. In addidition to building forts, Carrot also weaves baskets out of material she finds in the woods. ×
Katie Carrot and her dog, Jiggy, stand for a portrait inside Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis on Monday, March 13, 2017. In addidition to building forts, Carrot also weaves baskets out of material she finds in the woods. ×
Debra Howze, left, and Polly Mann inside of Mann's Minneapolis apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.
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Debra Howze, left, and Polly Mann inside of Mann's Minneapolis apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. ×
Debra Howze, left, and Polly Mann inside of Mann's Minneapolis apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. ×
Elizer Darris sits for a portrait in the living room of his Minneapolis home the day after being released from prison Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.
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Elizer Darris sits for a portrait in the living room of his Minneapolis home the day after being released from prison Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. ×
Elizer Darris sits for a portrait in the living room of his Minneapolis home the day after being released from prison Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. ×
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World War II Army veteran Warren High inside of his Duluth, Minn., home on Feb. 4, 2020.

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World War II Army veteran Warren High inside of his Duluth, Minn., home on Feb. 4, 2020.

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Mikayla Holmgren laughs during a portrait session after and appearance on MPR News with Tom Weber inside the Kling Public Media Center on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.
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Mikayla Holmgren laughs after an appearance on MPR News with Tom Weber in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Holmgren was the first person with Down Syndrome to compete in any state Miss USA pageant.

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Mikayla Holmgren laughs after an appearance on MPR News with Tom Weber in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Holmgren was the first person with Down Syndrome to compete in any state Miss USA pageant.

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Farji Shaheer, 39, program manager and director of the Next Step program at Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Hospital sits for a portrait inside HCMC, on Jan. 24, 2019. "I'd really like to see it where we can go a whole summer, maybe a wh
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Farji Shaheer, 39, program manager and director of the Next Step program at Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Hospital sits for a portrait inside HCMC, on Jan. 24, 2019.

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Farji Shaheer, 39, program manager and director of the Next Step program at Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Hospital sits for a portrait inside HCMC, on Jan. 24, 2019.

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Dr. Verna Cornelia Price and Brother Shane Price stand for a portrait inside of the Power of People Leadership Institute in Minneapolis on Monday, Feb. 3, 2019. ""My vision is to have every African-American child, every African child, every Caucasian chil
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Dr. Verna Cornelia Price and Brother Shane Price stand for a portrait inside of the Power of People Leadership Institute in Minneapolis on Feb. 3, 2019. 

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Dr. Verna Cornelia Price and Brother Shane Price stand for a portrait inside of the Power of People Leadership Institute in Minneapolis on Feb. 3, 2019. 

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Eight-year-old Jameer holds a Black Lives Matter flag out the window of a car as protesters march to the police department to protest for the third straight night in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
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Eight-year-old Jameer holds a Black Lives Matter flag out the window of a car as protesters march to the police department to protest for the third straight night in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 13, 2021.

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Eight-year-old Jameer holds a Black Lives Matter flag out the window of a car as protesters march to the police department to protest for the third straight night in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 13, 2021.

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Melvin Carter, St. Paul's first black mayor.
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Melvin Carter shortly after becoming the first African-American mayor of St. Paul, Minn., on Nov. 7, 2017.

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Melvin Carter shortly after becoming the first African-American mayor of St. Paul, Minn., on Nov. 7, 2017.

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Artist Aldo Moroni inside of his Minneapolis studio on Jan. 27, 2020.

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Artist Aldo Moroni inside of his Minneapolis studio on Jan. 27, 2020.

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Kate Beane sits for a portrait at the public art site on the shores of Bde Maka Ska honring Maḣpiya Wicaṡṭa (Cloud Man) and Ḣeyata Ọtuŋwe (Village to the side), the Dakota leader and community that inhabited this area in the 19th century, on Monday. Nov.
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Kate Beane sits for a portrait at the public art site on the shores of Bde Maka Ska honring Maḣpiya Wicaṡṭa (Cloud Man) and Ḣeyata Ọtuŋwe (Village to the side), the Dakota leader and community that inhabited this area in the 19th century, on Monday. Nov. 16, 2020. ×
Kate Beane sits for a portrait at the public art site on the shores of Bde Maka Ska honring Maḣpiya Wicaṡṭa (Cloud Man) and Ḣeyata Ọtuŋwe (Village to the side), the Dakota leader and community that inhabited this area in the 19th century, on Monday. Nov. 16, 2020. ×
Kenda Zellner-Smith, left, and Leesa Kelly inside of the northeast Minneapolis storage space where they are keeping painted plywood recovered from around the twin cities following the summer's civil unrest, on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. The two women met wh
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Kenda Zellner-Smith, left, and Leesa Kelly inside of the northeast Minneapolis storage space where they are keeping painted plywood recovered from around the twin cities following the summer's civil unrest, on Dec. 12, 2020. The two women met while working to preserve the art, and joined forces to form Memorialize the Movement.

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Kenda Zellner-Smith, left, and Leesa Kelly inside of the northeast Minneapolis storage space where they are keeping painted plywood recovered from around the twin cities following the summer's civil unrest, on Dec. 12, 2020. The two women met while working to preserve the art, and joined forces to form Memorialize the Movement.

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Dr. David Thao, the first Hmong plastic surgeon, inside of his offices in Woodbury, Minn., on May 27, 2021.

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Dr. David Thao, the first Hmong plastic surgeon, inside of his offices in Woodbury, Minn., on May 27, 2021.

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Alice, who chose not to give her full name for this story, stands for a portrait at Theordore Wirth Park on Friday, May 31, 2019. Alice is a transgender woman who went through a voice training program in order to make her voice more feminine.
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Alice, who asked to keep her identity private, stands for a portrait at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Friday, May 31, 2019. Alice is a transgender woman who went through a voice training program in order to make her voice more feminine.

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Alice, who asked to keep her identity private, stands for a portrait at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Friday, May 31, 2019. Alice is a transgender woman who went through a voice training program in order to make her voice more feminine.

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