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After the Civil War, Black families bought newspaper ads across the country seeking to re-connect with newly freed loved ones. The Appeal, a Black-owned St. Paul newspaper, was one of the few American media sources offering free ad space on their pages to help. In "Seeking for the Lost," artist Christopher E. Harrison imagines portraits for these print-based stories, and tonight local luminaries reflect on all of this: the art, Minnesota’s Black press, and a living legacy of memory-keeping.