History

Minneapolis MLK Day speakers: Deval Patrick, Rev. Bernice King and Andrew Young
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast “virtual” speakers in 2021: Rev. Bernice King and Ambassador Andrew Young. As well as the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast keynote speaker: former Massachusetts governor and civil rights attorney Deval Patrick.
Portraits of Valor: Doris, 97, and Richard Edge, 96. Navy and Army
Doris and Richard Edge were both called to service during World War II. As Richard fought his way across Europe, Doris rose through the ranks in one of the military’s first programs for women. 
Remembering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
A program to remember NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died in 2020 at the age of 101. Margot Lee Shetterly speaks about her book, "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.”
A Brief History of Women in Bars: A Minnesota Story in Three Rounds
The 18th Amendment marked the start of Prohibition and the 19th Amendment granted many women the right to vote. In this new documentary, Katie Thornton looks at how the state’s temperance movement set the stage for its women’s suffrage movement.
Pompeii excavations reveal fast-food preferences of ancient city's residents
Images of two upside-down mallards and a rooster, whose plumage was painted with the typical vivid color known as Pompeiian red, brightened the eatery and likely served to advertise the menu.