A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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October 14, 1992 - Linda Chavez, former staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under President Reagan and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute; and Angela Davis, author and professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Both addresses are on the question, "Justice for Whom?" Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduces speakers.
October 19, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with Larry Buboltz about meeting in Detroit Lakes with Senator Paul Wellstone regarding closed turkey plant in city and the attempts to sell business and reopen.
October 21, 1992 - Curt Johnson, senior advisor to Governor Arne Carlson, talks about planned meeting with Governor and city mayors. With a struggling state economy, crime, safety, and funds to support cities are topics of discussion.
October 27, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews member of Heart of the Beast, a performing arts theater in Minneapolis, about receiving money from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support non-traditional projects and audiences.
November 6, 1992 - John Frohnmayer, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Frohnmayer’s address was on the topic “Art and the First Amendment.” Following speech, Frohnmayer answered audience questions. Frohnmayer resigned under pressure, in response to a series of political advertisements launched by Pat Buchanan, which criticized some of the artwork funded by the NEA. 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.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul. The play explores the generational and cultural tug-of-war that characterizes Hmong family life in America.
November 7, 1992 - Gary Branson, editor of "Family Handyman," discusses various maintenance projects of the home. Branson also answers listener questions.
November 8, 1992 - Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, giving inaugural lecture in a new series of Hamline University Lectures on "Creating Community Through Diversity". Berry’s speech was titled "Achieving the American Dream". Berry gained national attention in 1983, when she and several other commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were fired by President Reagan for criticizing the President's civil rights policies. Berry successfully sued the government and was reinstated by a Federal District Court. She is a former Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is now a Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 9, 1992 - Mickey Kaus, senior editor at The New Republic, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Kaus is the author of a book called “The End of Equality”. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Kaus.
November 9, 1992 - Ronald Walters, professor of political science at Howard University, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Walters is the author of several books, including "Black Presidential Politics in America", and was a consultant to the Jesse Jackson presidential campaigns. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Walters.