Eric Roper

Reporter Eric Roper moves into his 113-year-old house and finds an irresistible piece of history that sends him down a rabbit hole like no other.

Clippings from the Black newspapers back in the 1910s help Eric piece together the lives of Harry and Clementine Robinson as they settle in a place as far north as they could get.

Eric Roper turns to the people who lived alongside Harry and Clementine Robinson to show him what it was like to start over in the new reality of the 1930s.

Eric Roper finds that in the 1920s, people were coming for the Robinsons and their Black neighbors. And he uncovers how the blatant threats hid beneath mild-mannered suits and ties.

Eric Ropers learns what is left of Harry and Clementine Robinson’s lives.

The Minnesota Star Tribune’s first narrative podcast, “Ghost of a Chance,” explores the Black experience in the city.

Reporter Eric Roper traces the lives of a Black couple who owned his house in 1917. Their story reveals a history of race that unfolded a century before Minneapolis became ground zero for a global racial reckoning.

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