In 1984, Minnesota Public Radio granted the Minnesota State Bar Association the opportunity to bring perspectives on human suffering to listeners in a three-part series on human rights.
May 1, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program one features recorded testimony from the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Richard Oakes, Hamline University Law School founder, narrates the program.
May 8, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program two features discussion with Walter Anastas, law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul and born in the Ukraine; Barbara Frye, vice president of the Minnesota Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights, who has spent time in Chile; and Jerry Ingber, an immigration lawyer familiar with political asylum issues.
May 15, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program three discusses the impact that non-governmental organizations can have on human rights abuses with David Weissbrodt, past general counsel of Amnesty International and current law professor at the U of M; Hennepin County Judge Roberta Levy; and Sam Heins, president of the Minnesota Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights.