MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

APM Reports correspondent Alisa Roth: Mental health crisis in our criminal justice system
As part of APM’s Call to Mind initiative, APM Reports correspondent Alisa Roth spoke at Metro State University about the mental illness crisis in the criminal justice system.
APM documentary: 'Remembering Jim Crow'
For much of the 20th century, Black Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus and walled off from many of the rights they deserved as citizens. Until well into the 1960s, segregation was legal. The system was called Jim Crow. In this documentary, Americans — Black and white — remember life in the Jim Crow times.
The Universal Title: Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Journey from Christianity to Islam
From America Abroad Media, The Muhammad Ali Center and PRX, “The Universal Title” is a one-hour special on Muhammad Ali’s spiritual journey from Christianity to Islam — And what really made him “The Greatest.”
Charlotte Frantz speaks at St. Scholastica about America's immigration history
Charlotte Frantz speaks about immigration, racism — and the “American Dream” — at the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice at the College of St. Scholastica.