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What’s on MPR News – 5/8/19

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear on MPR News on Wednesday.
by Bob Collins

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Black student gets honorary degree 63 years after she was denied college

Black student gets honorary degree 63 years after she was denied college

Autherine Lucy Foster was able to walk onto the campus of the University of Alabama in 1956, four years after she applied for admission, igniting a legal battle. Three days later, she was expelled.
by Bob Collins

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NewsCut Flashback: Vietnam

It was on this date in 1975 that President Gerald Ford announced that the Vietnam War era was over, a declaration that doesn't even register a blip on the historical calendar because the war actually ended more than a week earlier when Ford told a graduating class at Tulane University that for America, the war was over.
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High school teacher pens a Generation Z dictionary

James Callahan, 43, a teacher in Lowell, Mass., apparently didn't understand a lot of what his students were saying when he started a list, which, in the last week or so, has been a Twitter hit. He started a dictionary of Generation Z language.
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Lake Calhoun or Bde Maka Ska: Who’s in charge here?

If the Park Board can't change the name, if the Hennepin County Board can't change the name, if the DNR can't change the name, and if the Minnesota Legislature can't change the name, who can change the name?
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What’s on MPR News -5/7/19

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear on Tuesday on MPR News.
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The former ‘Prairie Home’ show moves to New York

An announcement today really shouldn't come as much of a surprise to public radio watchers but the descendant of the show that put St. Paul on the national map is heading for the bright lights permanently.
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