Vikings Hall of Fame defensive tackle Alan Page, who retired from the Minnesota Supreme Court when he turned 70 in 2015, has chronicled the experiences of African Americans by collecting artifacts from centuries ago, as well as some more recent reminders of unfortunate and unenlightened policies of the Jim Crow era.
The collection includes a slave-made brick that was used in the original construction of the White House, a collar that once chained a lady, signage once used in Alabama to promote segregation and a painting of a swimming pool in Pasadena, California, that was segregated in 1944.