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April 6, 2020 10:40 AM

'Days of Infamy': Recordings of ordinary Americans reacting to Pearl Harbor and 9/11

A 2002 APM Reports documentary with some historical insights into what we're going through today. It's called "Days of Infamy: December 7th and 9/11.”

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March 31, 2020 2:35 AM

100th anniversary commemoration of Duluth lynchings postponed by COVID-19

Organizers were planning to bring 10,000 people together on the streets of downtown Duluth on June 15 — at the site where three black men were lynched by a mob of thousands of people 100 years earlier. Now the day of remembrance will take place in 2021.

by Dan Kraker

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March 28, 2020 6:45 AM

Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'dean' of the civil rights movement, dies at 98

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration.

by Debbie Elliott

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March 23, 2020 10:45 AM

What we can learn from pandemics in history

As cases of COVID-19 increase globally, historians and researchers are looking back in time for insights about how the world responded to pandemics and illnesses. We turn to two medical historians for a conversation about what we can learn from the pandemics of our past.

by Kerri Miller and Breann Schossow

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March 19, 2020 12:00 AM

Documentary: The Making of Male Dominance

How did men hold on to the dominant position for so long? And why? "The Making of Male Dominance” takes a look at the latest research by historians, sociologists and anthropologists on how male supremacy got started, going all the way back to the ancient world and leading up to the present day.

by MPR News Staff

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March 17, 2020 12:00 AM

Two former CIA women tell their spy stories

People who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency used to be mostly all men. But Jonna Mendez spent nearly three decades there and served as the CIA's head of disguise. You'll hear her story this hour, along with former CIA undercover agent Amaryllis Fox.

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March 14, 2020 6:26 PM

Freeport asks travelers to help save smiling water tower

Freeport’s smiling water tower is a landmark along Interstate 94 in central Minnesota. But it’s in need of repairs, and a local group is spearheading a GoFundMe fundraiser to "Save the Smile."

by The Associated Press

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March 14, 2020 8:00 AM

A history book that isn't: Finding a way to teach racism to a new generation

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi team up to investigate the history of racist ideas through a narrative that's aimed at young adult readers. It's called: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

by Elissa Nadworny

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March 12, 2020 3:58 PM

Work set to begin to preserve historic dam in southeast Minnesota

After more than a decade of planning, and lobbying, and waiting, work will soon begin on rehabilitating and strengthening a landmark dam in southeast Minnesota.

by Andrew Krueger

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March 11, 2020 12:46 PM

They Believed: Cesar Chavez on working conditions of farm laborers

In 1984, labor leader Cesar Chavez gave a speech about the deplorable conditions farm workers lived with; it was one that he knew would shock his audience. Chavez’s speechwriter and confidante, Mark Grossman, looks back at his friend’s legacy of storytelling and activism.

by Kerri Miller, Kelly Gordon and Breann Schossow

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