A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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May 4, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Thomas Heffelfinger, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, about U.S. Justice Department probe into Los Angeles Police Department. Civil rights complaints locally are also discussed.
May 4, 1992 - Former Vice-President Walter Mondale shares his views on President Bush comments about the situation in Los Angeles following the verdict in the trial of four policemen. Mondale also discusses what he sees as failed social and economic U.S. policies affecting the country.
May 4, 1992 - MPR’s John Biewen reports on sermon by Rev. Richard Coleman at Saint Peter's African Methodist Episcopal Church following the acquittal of police officers in Rodney King trial and the subsequent unrest and rioting in Los Angeles. As part of report, Biewen interviews parishioners to get their thoughts.
May 5, 1992 - Black poet Nikki Giovanni addressees a group of college students at the University of Minnesota on the subject of the violence in Los Angeles after the verdict of the Rodney King case.
May 5, 1992 - Reverend Richard Coleman addressed his parishioners at Saint Peter's African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Minneapolis on the subject of the violence in Los Angeles after the verdict of the Rodney King case.
May 6, 1992 - A panel discussion on the new international newspaper “We”, hosted at Minnesota Meeting. Panelists include Edward Hughes, publisher at Hearst in New York; Maxwell McCrohon, U.S. editor of We; and Sergei Dardykin, deputy international editor of Izvestia, who will also be the chief of We's Russian staff in Washington. Don Shelby of WCCO-TV is moderator. “We” is published for the Commonwealth of Independent States, a joint venture between Hearst Newspapers and Izvestia. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
May 7, 1992 - Lester Thurow, dean of the Sloan School of Management at MIT, discusses economic issues. Topics include economic aspect of Los Angeles riots, manufacturing, global capacity, and wages. Thurow also answers listener questions. Thurow is author of numerous books, including “The Zero-Sum Solution.”
May 7, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews University of Minnesota-Duluth official regarding phone call threats against UMD staff members both on and off campus.
May 8, 1992 - MPR’s Mark Heistad does a phone interview with Andy Vores, a Welsh classical music and opera composer whose has been named Composer-in-Residence at Bemidji State University.
May 9, 1992 - On this Saturday Midday, Deb Brown, U of MN Extension horticulturist, discusses spring planting. Topics include the impact on plants from the previous year’s Halloween snowstorm, and lawn care. Brown also answers listener questions.