Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130515:08:51:00
[announcer] you are how you sleep. tempur-pedic. on december 9th, 1974, minnesota state senator allen spear came out on the front page of the minneapolis star tribune. it read 37-year-old freshman member of the minnesota senate, a dfler. afro-american history. he has a doctorate from yale, has a book on the chicago black ghetto. he has long been active in civil rights and peace causes, ranked as the most liberal state senator, americans for democratic action survey. he is also a homosexual and as of today does not care who knows it. he made history as one of the first openly elected gay offi...