June 26, 1990 - Gays and lesbians in St. Paul have gone without legal protection from discrimination since 1978, when voters repealed homosexual rights legislation that had been in effect for four years. And though the new measure easily won the approval of a council majority the specter of that defeat was raised by council member Roger Goswitz’s lone dissent. The group Citizens Alert says it will collect the 5200 signatures needed to put the measure on a general election ballot, but may not do it this year.
June 30, 1990 - Poet, author, playwright, actress and civil rights activist Maya Angelou speaks at the third Nancy Hank Lecture on Arts and Public Policy. Angelou’s address is on the importance of art.
July 3, 1990 - Clarence Smith, William Smith, Don Davis
July 4, 1990 - Clarence Smith, Jerry McAfee, George Smith, Jackie Cherryhomes
July 5, 1990 - In 1987 the Twin Cities Archdiocese informed a group called “Dignity” that it could no longer lease space in the church-run Newman Center on the University of Minnesota campus.
July 9, 1990 - On this hour of Midday, Michael Steinberg, artistic director of the Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest; and his wife Jorja Fleezanis, a concertmaster, take listener's questions about Sommerfest in Minneapolis.
July 10, 1990 - MPR’s Chris Roberts looks at the collaboration between U.S. West Communications and EAGLE (Employee Association of Gay and Lesbians). The company has started gay and lesbian awareness and resource programs in an effort to create a more open workplace. Roberts interviews members from both organizations.
July 10, 1990 - Clarence Smith, Jerry McAfee, Jerome Arnold, Rudy Perpich, Skip Humphrey, John Spetch
July 11, 1990 - Clarence Smith, Jerome Arnold, Rudy Perpich, John Spetch, Garmez Parks, "Committee Against Racism, Police Brutality and Community Violence"
July 13, 1990 - John Laux, "Committee Against Racism, Police Brutality and Community Violence", Dan Williams, Jerry McAfee