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Social Reformers

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses her life, Jane Addams, and the work they did together

    Aug. 1965
  • Florence Scala

    Florence Scala discusses her friendship with Jessie Binford of Hull House

    Jul. 18, 1966
  • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

    The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee discusses the civil rights movement, protests, and jail with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 1962
  • James Baldwin

    James Baldwin discusses his book "Another Country" and his travels through Africa

    Sep. 29, 1962
  • Mairead Corrigan Maguire

    Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mairead Corrigan Maguire discusses the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland, and around the world

    Dec. 1, 1993
  • Ellen Afterman, Clinton Sanders, and Spellman Young discuss the drug epidemic

    1980
  • Roger Baldwin

    Roger Baldwin discusses his life as an activist

    Jun. 26, 1974
  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 2

    1965
  • Pat Duncan and Deborah Cowan

    Pat Duncan and Deborah Cowan discusses Apartheid and South Africa ; part 2

    1963
  • Rory Gilbert and Nikki Nelson discuss battered wives and family abuse

    Jul. 28, 1981
  • Jane Kennedy talks with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 14, 1971
  • Robin Moran

    Robin Moran discusses preparing for the Selma, Alabama civil rights with Studs Terkelmarch

    Apr. 9, 1965
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