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Thomas Edison: How the light bulb changed everything

Thomas Edison: How the light bulb changed everything

Historian Ernest Freeberg of the University of Tennessee talks about his book, "The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America."
by MPR News Staff

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Learning from Lincoln: Leadership in a time of crisis

Learning from Lincoln: Leadership in a time of crisis

An Aspen Institute program talks about another president who led during a time of national crisis — Abraham Lincoln. Two historians discuss the leadership lessons we could learn from President Lincoln.
by MPR News Staff

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Portraits of Valor: Dan Cylkowski, 94, Army

Portraits of Valor: Dan Cylkowski, 94, Army

The son of a World War I veteran and with a brother in the Air Corps, he was proud to join the Army: “…I’m going there to serve my country.”
by Evan Frost

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History Forum: Some historical perspective on the role of government

History Forum: Some historical perspective on the role of government

Miami University professor Steve Conn gives some historical perspective about the role of government at the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Forum.
by MPR News Staff

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Humankind documentary: 'Libraries Reimagined'

Humankind documentary: 'Libraries Reimagined'

This is the first of a new two-part documentary from the Humankind series, "Libraries Reimagined." It's about the ways libraries are evolving, and the role they play in educating, informing and entertaining people as well as protecting our democracy.
by MPR News Staff

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

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

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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