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Social Reformers

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

    1968
  • Shirley Bryant, Nancy Fisher, and Nicole Mills

    Shirley Bryant, Nancy Fisher, and Nicole Mills discuss sex education

    Mar. 7, 1974
  • Clifford and Virginia Durr

    Clifford Durr and Virginia Durr discuss the Civil Rights Movement, part 2

    1965
  • Ferdinand Lundberg

    Ferdinand Lundberg discusses his book "The rich and the super rich"

    1967
  • Jimmy discusses work ethic and dreams; Carolyn and May Rose discuss daily life, and worries; part 2

    1968
  • General Chaney, Charles Roche and Mary Lou Wolff discuss the Citizens Action Program

    Nov. 27, 1973
  • Curtiss Brooks, Jane Weston and Philip Hauser

    Studs Terkel interviews Curtiss Brooks, Jane Weston and Philip Hauser on the status of Blacks and housing, jobs and education in Chicago ; part 4

    1965
  • Ida B. Wells

    Alfreda Wells discusses her mother, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and her book "Crusade for Justice"

    Sep. 3, 1971
  • Interviewing Austrian biology teacher Albert Kaufmann, a winner of the Kohl International Peace Prize for his work in peace education

    Apr. 28, 1992
  • Harry C. Boyte

    Interview with Harry C. Boyte

    Feb. 16, 1981
  • Interviewing Father Bill Hogan, former priest, cab driver and political activist

    Nov. 26, 1979
  • Welfare rights

    Discussing and debunking welfare myths with Wilma Green; Lynda Wright, Bottomless Closet board member; Doug Dobmeyer, head of the Illinois Public Welfare Coalition; Margaret Welsh; and journalist Henry De Zutter

    Jun. 22, 1989
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