June 18, 1990 - A speech given by one of the nation's preeminent civil rights leaders, James Farmer. He is considered one of the "Big Four" of the civil rights movement along with Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Whitney Young. This is the 1990 Putnam Lecture in Social Ethics at Hamline University in St. Paul.
June 19, 1990 - Douglas Wilder, governor of Virginia, speaking at the Carlson Lecture Series at held Northrop Auditorium. Wilder's address was on the topic " The National Political Terrain: Focusing on 1992."
June 20, 1990 - A presentation of the MPR documentary "Season of Discontent: Migrants in the Red River Valley," which highlights Hispanic migrant farm workers who work the sugar beet fields.
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June 20, 1990 - MPR’s Tom Meersman looks at the recent concerns of zebra mussel appearances in the Great Lakes. The species was confirmed in the Duluth/Superior Harbor in 1989. There is a fear of the negative impact it will have on Lake Superior’s local ecosystem, businesses, and municipalities.
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June 26, 1990 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on St. Paul City Council passage of ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing, education, and public services. Wareham interviews advocates and opponents of the measure.
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26, 1990 - Gays and lesbians in St. Paul have gone without legal protection from discrimination since 1978, when voters repealed homosexual rights legislation that had been in effect for four years.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.