Review by Teaching For Change

"The House on Rondo" by Debra Stone via University of Minnesota Press tells the story of the devastating impact of the 1963 construction of the Interstate on the Black community in St. Paul. A story repeated all too often around the country where Black homes, families, communities were displaced through eminent domain.

By focusing on one family and their neighbors on Rondo Street, Stone shines a light on this history of theft and resistance -- and its legacy today. For middle school readers and above.