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The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee discusses the civil rights movement, protests, and jail with Studs Terkel
Sep. 1962
Terkel talks with Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee about the civil rights movement, protests, and jail.
Interviewing students Marvin Jackson, David Furey and Debbie Mooney about their upcoming participation in the May 8th peace march in Chicago
Apr. 25, 1983
Discussing the book "Generation at the Crossroads: Apathy and Action on the American Campus" with Paul Loeb
Nov. 22, 1994
Debbie Sweet discusses what happened when she met President Nixon
Dec. 22, 1970
On December 3, 1970, Debbie Sweet won the Young Americans Service Award. She talks about what happened when she met President Nixon to receive her award. Upon shaking his hand, Sweet told President Nixon that she didn't believe in his sincerity in giving out the awards until he got us (America) out of Vietnam. Her encounter with President Nixon made headlines around the world.