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Race Relations Urban Life
  • Allan Evans and Henry Jordan

    Studs Terkel discusses gang life with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan

    1969

    Studs Terkel discusses gang life with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan, members of the Vice Lords, an urban street gang based in Chicago. Evans and Jordan were both born and grew up in Chicago.

  • Studs Terkel comments and presents Fiesta: a Chicago Happening ; part 2

    Aug. 23, 1969

    Studs Terkel interviews José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords. At the time of the interview, Jiménez is preparing a picnic for the local Puerto Ricans. However, he is being harassed by the police.

  • Studs Terkel comments and presents Fiesta: a Chicago Happening ; part 1

    Aug. 23, 1969

    Terkel interviews Jose "Cha Cha" Jiménez during a social gathering. He also interviews Brian McCutcheon of the 43rd Ward.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 3

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss stereotypes, racism, and race relations.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 1

    1965

    Discussing the community and prejudice with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. Includes an interview with a boy named Tony discussing relations with African American people.

  • Rita Boscari

    Rita Buscari interviews inner-city youth in Chicago

    1968

    Rita Buscari interviews inner-city youth in Chicago in the aftermath of the 1968 riots. Several pre-teen and teenaged African American youth are featured, discussing their experiences during the Chicago riots of April 1968. Topics include: Relationships between children and adults, relationships between police and civilians, relationships between blacks and whites, and the impact that Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Nathan Wright

    Nathan Wright discusses Black power ; part 2

    1967

    Discussing the book "Black Power and Urban Unrest" and interviewing the author Nathan Wright.

  • Nathan Wright

    Nathan Wright discusses Black power ; part 1

    1967

    Author and scholar Nathan Wright discusses black power and identity and his book, “Black Power and Urban Unrest.” Wright talks about the importance of identity in the Black community; leadership; violence and poverty in urban Black communities; the importance of higher education for Blacks; and the nature of power and how its creative use can bring about social change.

  • Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and two men from St. Timothy's talk with Studs Terkel

    1966

    Discussion of Division Street: America [Continuation of interview at the end of 1925659-3-1]

  • Laurie Abraham

    Laurie Abraham reads from and discusses her book "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead"

    Oct. 1, 1993

    What started out as a 5-piece article on health care became Laurie Abraham's book, "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America". Through her stories, Abraham points out the many hardships and catch-22 scenarios of some poor families. One woman, after caring for her mother all day, Julie, wanted to work part time in the evenings. However, she soon learned that she'd be making too much money and she'd no longer be eligible for Medicaid for herself and her children.

  • Julia Koscis discusses her family's daily work and life ; part 4

    Julia Koscis discusses being an immigrant, racism and daily life. She talks with Studs about her fears of African Americans upon arriving at Ellis Island, New York from Hungary, and living closely with them before moving on to Dayton, Ohio. She discusses some of her life before moving to Chicago from Dayton, Ohio.

  • Judy Hough, Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and Jimmy White talk with Studs Terkel Part 2

    1968

    Discussion of Division Street: America

  • Judy Hough, Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and Jimmy White

    Judy Hough, Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and Jimmy White talk with Studs Terkel Part 1

    1968

    Discussion of Division Street: America

  • Interviewing St. Clair Drake, author of "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City."

    May. 10, 1976

    A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises, and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.

  • Interview with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan ; part 2

    1970

    Discussing the "The Foundation Years" project.

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