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 5, 1977 - As part of Home for the Weekend series, this program presents excerpts and highlights from a public session in Fargo, discussing homosexuality in society. Among the attendees were clergy, counselors and mental health officials. Program includes speeches, interviews and segments of music.
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.
November 14, 1977 - Capturing Minnesota history on tape is the subject of talks by Arthur L. Finnell, Assistant Director of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center in Marshall; Kenneth Smemo, Director of the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center in Moorhead; and Ramedo J. Saucedo, Project Director of the Mexican-American History Project at the Minnesota Historical Society's annual convention. In 1975 the Minnesota Historical Society began a two-year Mexican-American History Project under the direction of Ramedo J. Saucedo to collect the historical resources of this ethnic group: personal papers, records of organizations, photographs, articles and other material, including 74 oral history interviews with people living throughout the state.
November 16, 1977 - Broadcaster and writer Eric Sevareid bids goodbye to the National Press Club on the eve of his retirement.
November 22, 1977 - Former CBS reporter Daniel Schorr lecture regarding his coverage of Watergate and CIA activities, which eventually cost him his job.
November 22, 1977 - Midday broadcast of writer Harrison Salisbury speaking at the Minnesota Press Club. Salisbury talks about controversial changes at The New York Times, changing competition among New York newspapers, and comments on China.
November 29, 1977 - Rabbi Seymour Siegel, professor of ethics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, speaking at a forum on biomedical ethics organized by the Minnesota Inter-religious Committee for Biomedical Ethics, and sponsored by a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Commission in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Siegel’s speech was entitled, "Human Experimentation and Informed Consent". To what lengths should researchers go to gather data using humans as subjects? How much should a potential human subject be told about the experiment he or she is to take part in? These and related questions were topics of speech.