A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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October 14, 1977 - Socialist writer and critic Michael Harrington and Conservative columnist William F. Buckley debate the question, "We Welcome the Growth of the Public Sector" at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
October 15, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Neal St. Anthony presents report on aspects of Little League football. Program contains sound portrait and various interviews with administrators, coaches, psychologists, parents, and trainers. Topic of helmet safety concerns is addressed.
October 20, 1977 - Judge Leon Higginbotham, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, speaking at From Brown to Bakke and Beyond conference, held at Carleton College in Northfield. Higginbotham’s speech was titled “The Roots of Brown and Bakke", and addressed what has happened since the case Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education decision declared separate but equal to be unconstitutional. Higginbotham was for 13 years a U.S. District Court Judge for Eastern Pennsylvania. He has written a book about race and the law in this country titled, "The Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process."
October 21, 1977 - A report providing excerpts from National Meeting of State Committees for the Humanities conference held in Minneapolis. Representatives from state councils gathered to discuss the task of defining what their studies involve.
October 24, 1977 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents “The Role of the Courts in a Changing Society: Football and Antitrust,” a documentary that explores the lawsuit ‘MacKey v. National Football League,’ which illustrates how anti-trust law relates to professional sports and how the courts helped mold professional football.
October 26, 1977 - Economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith speaks before the National Town Hall meeting. The moderator is J. Anthony Lewis of the New York Times. National Town Hall Meeting
November 5, 1977 - Minneapolis social activist Marv Davidov and Congressman Don Fraser of Minneapolis, speaking to a group of DFL activists from the 1st and 4th Districts. Davidov and Fraser discuss the effectiveness of working for social change within and outside of established political parties. The two compared political philosophies, and how they pursue similar goals through different means.
November 7, 1977 - A report on the march and rally in support of striking steelworkers held in Virginia, Minnesota. Includes a sound portrait and interviews with members of rally. Among the speakers were Lloyd McBride, president of the International Steelworkers Union.
November 11, 1977 - Isabel Letelier, wife of slain Chilean economist Orlando Letelier, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ. Isabel speaks of her husband and conditions in Chile. Orlando Letelier was an economist in Chile during Allende regime, and was assassinated September 26th, when a bomb attached to his car exploded on a Washington, D.C. street. An associate of Letelier's, Ronni Moffitt, was also killed as the two drove to work at the Institute for Policy Studies.
November 11, 1977 - Shawn Kenny, an Irishman and a member of the Chile-Ireland Solidarity Committee, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ.