Minnesota History

‘Super cool’: Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper puts its archive online
Anyone interested in the history of daily life in the Twin Cities' Black community can now easily search online for stories dating back to 1934 from the Minneapolis Spokesman and other forerunners of today's Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
New film documents little-known Minnesota WWII military intelligence school
“Armed with Language,” a new film premiering tonight on Twin Cities PBS, documents the history and legacy of a military intelligence school that trained thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII. The documentary's writer David Mura joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer for an interview.
Jim Klobuchar tells MPR's Gary Eichten about his 2007 book, 'Pieces of My Heart'
Jim Klobuchar was Gary Eichten’s guest on a 2007 Midday program to talk about his new book about some of the people who influenced his life, "Pieces of My Heart: Everyone Has an Everest."
'No shot, no date': Could teenagers make vaccinations cool again?
Teenagers are now a crucial part of public health officials’ efforts to get more people vaccinated now that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children 12 and older. This isn’t the first time that teenagers have played an important role in a vaccination campaign. More than 50 years ago, they helped popularize the polio vaccine.
George Floyd and Daunte Wright now part of Minnesota history
Host Angela Davis talks with two historians about the conviction of Derek Chauvin on murder charges and how the killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright raised awareness of inequality and support for police reform nationwide.
A Minnesota political icon, Mondale rose to national prominence as a vice president and then as a presidential candidate. He once said he hoped Americans would remember him simply as a decent person who tried his best to do the right thing.
SW Minn. wind-solar hybrid project brings renewable hope, cultural concerns
A possible hurdle, as the project aims for regulatory approval, is its proximity to the Jeffers Petroglyphs historical and cultural site in Comfrey — home to an estimated 5,000 sacred rock carvings, made over the span of 7,000 years on an outcropping of Sioux quartzite. Today, it remains an active ceremonial site for Native American prayers and ceremony.