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MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds a fun exploration of wide-ranging topics including sports, politics, environment, business, entertainment, pop culture, and more.
MN90 is fun exploration of wide-ranging topics including sports, politics, environment, business, entertainment, pop culture, and more.

MN90: Roy Wilkins, the Civil Rights Act and LBJ

Roy Wilkins earned his professional chops as a Twin Cities journalist. But it was as an activist and director of the NAACP, says producer Britt Aamodt, that Wilkins helped change history with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

MN90: They Came, They Surveyed, They Lost 40 Acres

Nearly all Minnesota’s old-growth forests were logged by the end of the 19th century. But a small parcel eluded the timber barons because of a surveying error. Britt Aamodt follows the trail north.

MN90: Foshay And His Dream Tower

Wilbur Burton Foshay built the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi in Minneapolis. Britt Aamodt finds out how a stock market crash, and some crooked accounting, evicted Foshay from his dream tower.

MN90: Holy Comics, Batman!

The 1940s marked the Golden Age of comic books. It was an era of Pow! Kabam! and, in Minneapolis, a few amens. Britt Aamodt investigates Catholic Publications Company, whose comics taught lessons that went beyond supervillains.

MN90:Dylan’s Other Motorcycle

Fans and biographers lament the motorcycle crash in 1966 that put Bob Dylan’s career, one of the most successful in music history, on hiatus at its peak. But there was a lesser-known crash, right here in Minnesota, that could’ve ended his career before it started. Producer Britt Aamodt gets the scoop in Hibbing.

MN90:Pearson’s Candy

Pearson’s Candy Company has proved the test of time, having passed their 100 year anniversary in 2009. A simple collection of chocolate, peanuts and caramel paved the way for the St. Paul company to become a major player in the sweet world of confections.


MN90: Hubert Humphrey and the WIC Program

The WIC program helps women and their children get enough food to eat. It was also one of Senator Hubert Humphrey’s notable achievements.

MN90: A Most Photographed Bridge: The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge

Tourists who flock to the city of Duluth end up at Canal Park to see one the country’s oldest bridges…the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. Allison Herrera tells us what makes it so special.

MN90: Tiny Tim Follows His Passion to Minnesota

It was Tiny Tim’s heart strings that brought him to Minnesota, where he lived out his last years with his third wife, Susan Gardner. Far past his peak in popularity, Tiny Tim continued to sing and accompany himself on his ukelele to the end of his life.

MN90: Jayne Grey Swisshelm, a Feminist Before Her Time

Abolitionist and early feminist Jane Grey Swisshelm cut against the stereotype of prairie women bound by farm work and rearing children. As producer Allison Herrera reports, she was a woman with a voice.

MN90: Her Honor: Justice Rosalie Wahl

It wasn’t enough for Rosalie Wahl to become Minnesota’s first Supreme Court Justice. As Allison Herrera reports, she created new equality for women entering into the legal system.

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