March 12, 1977 - The Minnesota legislature is considering measures to help streamline criminal justice in Minnesota. William McCutcheon, a Minnesota state senator and police officer, talked about what he thinks the legislature can do during a speech at Saint Paul Citizens League breakfast meeting.
March 4, 1977 - MPR’s Kate Williams reports on a Women’s Rights Coalition press conference in response to a fire at a Highland Park Planned Parenthood facility.
December 9, 1976 - Spencer LoneTree proposes new Native American training program with a strong emphasis on teaching character development building confidence self-esteem and assertiveness.
August 26, 1976 - MPR’s Kate Williams interviews numerous fairgoers, exhibitors, and Minnesota State Fair manager John Libby about the experience and costs of fair.
July 30, 1976 - Stokely Carmichael, a black activist in the 1960's, speaks to a group in Minneapolis about where the Black Power Movement should be going. Carmichael highlights his views against American capitalism.
July 23, 1976 - MPR’s Kate Williams talks with Black residents in St. Paul’s Selby-Dale community about their views of the Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale presiditional ticket.
June 29, 1976 - MPR’s Debbie Gare interviews W. Harry Davis, Minneapolis school board member and local civil rights activist, about desegregation of Minneapolis public schools. He believes it is the responsibility of districts in the country to figure out how to overcome segregated schools.
June 26, 1976 - Report providing a summary on election of delegates, straw ballot, Hubert Humphrey opponent Gerald Brekke endorsement, as well as platform items Milepost 7 and regional development commissions. Also includes excerpts from Tom Hagedorn speech, black delegate Effie McKerson, and staying awake routines during long hours of convention.
April 7, 1976 - MPR’s Kate Williams profiles Sutton’s, a gay bar in downtown Minneapolis that relocated to a more prominent location. Sutton’s has been around for over a decade but it officially came out of the closet last week when it opened its doors to over 800 people at a new location…the old Elk’s Club on 5th street in downtown Minneapolis.
February 10, 1976 - MPR’s Kate Williams reports on the funeral of prominent African American Cecil Newman, who passed away on February 8th, 1976. Newman was both a local civil rights leader, active in numerous organizations, and a longtime editor/publisher. Segment includes interviews and remembrances.