MPR Archive presents a selection of stories tied to various the aspects, history, and battles for civil rights of individuals and groups within the State of Minnesota.
April 24, 2002 - There was a significant degree of stereotyping of minorities in Minnesota media. There was also a strong acceptance of the stereotyping. Minnesota media played a strong role in giving information to Minnesotan citizens.
April 25, 2002 - The Minnesota Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is taking a second day of testimony today Helms reports.
April 29, 2002 - In this first report of series titled "An Education in Diversity," Mainstreet Radio's Jeff Horwich takes a look at the climate on and off-campus for blacks.
April 30, 2002 - In this second report of series titled "An Education in Diversity," Mainstreet Radio's Jeff Horwich looks into anti-Semitism allegations at the St. Cloud State University.
May 1, 2002 - In this third report of series titled "An Education in Diversity," Mainstreet Radio's Jeff Horwich gets views on conflict resolution at St. Cloud State University over racial and religious discrimination.
May 22, 2002 - The state of Minnesota and two state worker unions have re-signed a contract that will continue to provide pay and health benefits for the state's workers. The contracts technically expired on Monday after the Legislature failed to ratify them during the Legislative session. The agreement effectively works around the refusal of House Republicans to agree to the contracts. They objected because part of the contract includes benefits for same-sex couples. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
August 13, 2002 - Last spring, the University of Minnesota Press was the center of a storm of protest over the publication of a book on sex education. Some representatives of the local media admit deadline pressures at the time kept them from in-depth coverage of Judith Levine's controversial book "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex." Levine sat down with with reporters and the public last night Helms reports.
August 15, 2002 - The Minnsota State Capitol has a new address. After months of discussions and six public hearings the St. Paul City Council decided the best place to name a street for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior is what is now Constitution Avenue. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
August 21, 2002 - Mainstreet Radio’s Tom Robertson reports on Organizers of the Anishinaabe Coalition, a new spiritual-based group, formed to fight racism in Bemidji. Includes various interviews with residents and coalition members.
September 3, 2002 - For several years, Americans of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage have struggled to separate themselves from the stereotype of the Arab terrorist. That stereotype has become particularly troubling since September 11th, as Arab Americans find themselves the targets of discrimination, harassment and abuse. In this report, part of our series "understand Ameica after 9/11," Michigan Radio's Matt Shafer Powell takes a look at how one U-S group -- the Chaldeans (kal-DEE-unz) of suburban Detroit -- have sought refuge in those things that distinguish them from the terrorists of 9/11.