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Power Pairs: Educator Angela Mansfield and artist Roosevelt Mansfield
Sometimes opposites attract, and then they make each other stronger.
That’s the story of our first Power Pair of 2026, Minneapolis married couple Roosevelt and Angela Mansfield.
She is a longtime educator who taught in Minneapolis Public Schools and now serves as an assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Education.
He’s a youth worker, DJ and photographer, whose art shines a light on the people and history of Black communities in the Twin Cities.
They met through their shared love of hip-hop.
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the Mansfields about their work, their…
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