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Social Reformers

  • Interviewing Susan Nussbaum and Michael Pachovas

    Aug. 28, 1981
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discusses civil rights in regards to his "I Have a Dream" speech

    Oct. 22, 1964
  • Ron Kovic discusses his autobiography "Born on the Fourth of July"

    Jul. 29, 1977
  • Social workers discuss international youth welfare ; part 2

    Jan. 9, 1965
  • Sister Betty Campbell and Father Peter Hind discuss El Salvador

    Sep. 3, 1981
  • Claire Culhane discusses her time in Vietnam during the war

  • Priscilla McDougall and Teri Teper discuss names and the Center for Woman's Own Name.

    Feb. 17, 1975
  • Discussing the "Symphony for Survival" concert to benefit organizations dedicated to reversing the nuclear arms race with three Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians; oboist Ray Still, horn player Dale Clevenger and trumpeter Adolph "Bud" Herseth

    Nov. 15, 1982
  • Hilda Bernstein discusses her life and exile from South Africa

    May. 21, 1975
  • Three Vietman War veterans, Robert Black, Robert Johnson, Dr. Gordon Livingston, and Steve Perriman discuss the war, part 2

    Nov. 13, 1973
  • Christopher Lasch discusses his book "The New Radicalism in America"

    1968
  • Rev. George Morey and Jim Osborne continue their discussion with Studs Terkel about the War on Poverty; part 2

    Jul. 29, 1966
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