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Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.
Discussing "Silent Spring," by Rachel Carson with environmental activist Lee Botts and botanist Dr. Orie Loucks.
Discussing their album "Prairie House" with two members of The Wright Street Band; Larry Jakus (drums) and architecture buff Bob Jakus (lyricist, composer). All of The Wright Street Band's songs are based on architect Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work.
George Nelson discusses the importance of education, teachers, and how we learn as society changes.
George Nelson discusses what this generation will leave behind, the role of the individual in society, and the belief in things.
George Nelson discusses consumerism, business in war and peacetime, destruction leading to creation, and what culture looks like.
George Nelson discusses his impression of industrial design in Brasilia ,Russia, and American Main Street and how business is prioritized over what is better for people.
Interviewing designer-architect George Nakashima.
Recorded live on Chicago's South Side. Robeson is ill at the time of recording. Speakers: Earl Dickerson, Etta Moten Barnett, Judge Sidney Jones, J. Mayo "Ink" Williams, Joan Brown (possibly Abena Joan Brown), Charles Hamilton, Margaret Burroughs, [John Gray's sister], [Stevens?]