Hy Berman

16 Collection Items

• Minnesota's battleground role in the 2004 race for the White House

  MPR’s Mark Zdechlik prepared this documentary, looking back at Minnesota's battleground role in the 2004 race for the White House. Includes numerous interviews and speeches.

  Dec. 27, 2004Save
• State civil rights leader Nellie Stone Johnson dies

  MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with historian Hy Berman about Nellie Stone Johnson, an influential leader in civil rights and labor movements, who passed away on April 2nd, 2002. Johnson was 96 years old.

  Apr. 3, 2002Save
• Hy Berman on Eugene McCarthy

  Hy Berman, professor of history at the University of Minnesota, discusses Eugene McCarthy.

  Oct. 22, 19994 minSave
• Voices of Minnesota: Hy Berman

  As part of the “Voices of Minnesota" series, this program features MPR’s Gary Eicthen interviewing Hy Berman, University of Minnesota historian. Topics include his personal life, the tobacco trial, politics, and University of Minnesota.

  May. 29, 1998Save
• Voices of Minnesota: Hy Berman

  On this segment of MPR’s Voices of Minnesota, Midday’s Gary Eichten profiles and talks with University of Minnesota historian Hy Berman.

  May. 29, 199856 minSave
• Hy Berman provides a brief history of Minnesota's political system

  A history on the evolution in Minnesota's political system from University of Minnesota historian Hy Berman. The caucus and primary designs are detailed.

  Mar. 3, 1998Save
• History experts talk about The McCarthy Era

  On the 50th anniversary of the opening week of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communism in America, Midday looks at the time period often known as "The McCarthy Era."

  Oct. 24, 1997Save
• "The Strike is On!" documentary on Midday

  Midday rebroadcasts a Minnesota Public Radio documentary produced by MPR’s Mark Heistad. The Strike is On! is an oral history of the early labor movement in Minnesota, with emphasis on the struggle to organize Iron Range workers, Austin’s Hormel strike, the Minneapolis truckers strike of 1934, and more.

  Aug. 7, 1997Save
• Rudy Perpich retrospective, with commentary from Hy Berman

  An MPR retrospective of the late former Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich. Highlights various reports, speeches, interviews and commentary. Following the MPR radio scrapbook, Hy Berman, history professor at University of Minnesota, discusses Perpich and his political legacy.

  Sep. 22, 199552 minSave
• Hy Berman on South Minneapolis and North Side history

  Hy Berman, history professor of University of Minnesota, provides a quick summary of the political, social, and economic historical differences between South Minneapolis and North Side.

  Oct. 28, 19935 minSave