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MacMichael testified in front of the World Court at the Hague in 1985 about the United States government's activities with anti-Sandinista contra forces in Nicaragua and President Reagan's knowledge of such events.
An interview with Kid Pharoh, a former prize fighter, is included in Terkel's book, "Division Street: America."
An interview with Kid Pharoh, a former prize fighter, is included in Terkel's book, "Division Street: America."
Discussing life in Chicago and its underworld in the 1930s, longer interview that was the basis of his Hard Times book appearance.
The International Alliance of Atomic Veterans is a veterans' group committed to the abolishing of all nuclear weapons.
Discussing life in Chicago and its underworld in the 1930s, longer interview that was the basis of his Hard Times book appearance.
Discussing CIA campus recruitment with Amy Hill, Colin Seals, and former CIA undercover operative Verne Lyon.
Interviewing Vietnam veterans and peace activists Dr. Charles Clements and Asa Baber.
Mr. Brock, a recreational therapist, and Mr. Hollie, a nurse, discuss paraplegia. Each of the gentlemen discuss the individual accidents that caused their injuries, their recovery and how they got through it. They talk to Studs about the things they enjoy doing and goals they are trying to reach.
Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Former Assistant Warden of the Cook County Jail, Hans W.
A diverse panel of Gage Park residents discuss racial integration at Gage Park High School, neighborhood change, and race relations in general.
After having spent 40 years and 27 years, respectively, both Bill “Popeye” Stuart and Lowell Fentress first talk about getting drunk on seeing a living tree in person, upon their release from prison. Both Stuart and Fentress agree there can be no rehabilitation of an inmate in prison while the prison culture is nothing but repression. They also talk about crooked guards that traffic drugs and about the gangs taking over the prisons.
Discussion about halfway houses with a panel of former halfway house residents.
Lieutenant Louis Font discusses daily life at West Point Military Academy and being a conscientious objector; part 2.
First Lieutenant Louis Font discusses the events and thought process that led to becoming conscientious objector to the Vietnam War as a recent West Point Military Academy graduate. He also talks about daily life at West Point; part 1.