April 7, 2003 - MPR’ Brandt Williams reports on a Sunday evening worship service held in the State Theater in Minneapolis, where Black leaders told the crowd of nearly 500 that African Americans still face high rates of unemployment, poverty and health problems. They expressed hope that through church and community collaboration, those problems can be solved.
April 25, 2003 - A speech given Wednesday by historian Howard Zinn, at the University of St. Thomas, about the war in Iraq.
May 2, 2003 - Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and executive director at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government spoke Wednesday at the University of Minnesota. Power says the United States should do more to try to stop genocide throughout the world. Her recent book is "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide". The event was arranged by The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the College of Liberal Arts.
May 6, 2003 - Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro gave Monday's Distinguished Carlson Lecture at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute. He is the author of a multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, the most recent book is Master of the Senate, which won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize.
May 12, 2003 - A Midday broadcast of four former Minnesota governors (Arne Carlson, Wendell Anderson, Elmer L. Andersen, and Al Quie) speaking at the 2003 Freeman Forum - Community, Consensus & the Common Good.
May 15, 2003 - Renowned writer and University of Minnesota Regent's professor Patricia Hampl delivers a speech entitled The Inside Story: How Autobiography Can Change Your Life - and World History. The literary memoir has grown in popularity and cultural influence over the past few decades, invading territory once held by historians and novels. Hampl discusses the power of the first-person narrative. The event, the 2003 Lindbergh Lecture, took place at the Minnesota History Center on Tuesday.
May 21, 2003 - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Anna Quindlen, in a speech given Tuesday at a luncheon sponsored by the Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund. The event was the group's 21st Annual Celebration of Women's Leadership in Minnesota Government.
May 26, 2003 - A special Memorial Day broadcast featuring a speech by the late World War II historian Stephen Ambrose, remarks from Memorial Day ceremonies, essays, and a conversation with Vietnam veteran Jon Hovde of Fertile, Minnesota. Also, a birthday essay from Gary Eichten to friend and war vet, William (Bill) Gagnier.
May 30, 2003 - Michael Lewis, the author of "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game", spoke in the Twin Cities Wednesday about the economics of baseball.
June 4, 2003 - Writer and humorist Calvin Trillin has written 22 books, and his work has appeared in Time magazine, and The New Yorker. He has written about everything from culture to cuisine. He spoke at the Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka. The event was part of the Pen Pals Lecture series, from The Library Foundation of Hennepin County.