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Social Reformers African-American History & Culture
  • William Bradford Huie

    William Bradford Huie discusses his book "Three Lives for Mississippi"

    May. 20, 1965

    Author William Bradford Huie discusses his book "Three Lives for Mississippi;" reads passages from book.

  • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

    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.

  • Frederick Douglass

    Studs Terkel presents a program in honor of the birthday of abolitionist and African American leader Frederick Douglass

    Feb. 15, 1971

    Studs Terkel presents a program in honor of the birthday of abolitionist and African American leader Frederick Douglass, including excepts from Terkel's 1964 interview with African-American scholar, author and social historian Lerone Bennett. Terkel reads at length from Douglass' autobiography, "My Bondage and My Freedom," focusing on Douglass' interactions with slave owners Hugh and Sophia Auld.

  • Charles V. Hamilton

    Studs Terkel interviews Professor Charles V. Hamilton on his book written with Stokely Carmichael entitled "Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America" ; part 1

    Nov. 21, 1967

    Using the backdrop of James Baldwin's "Nobody Knows My Name" and Baldwin's feelings that Blacks were ashamed of where they came from, Terkel interviews Professor and Chairman of the Political Science Department of Roosevelt University on his book coauthored with Stokely Carmichael entitled" Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America". Hamilton states that Blacks were taught to hate themselves and leave school believing that. Institutional racism and the deliberate oppression it creates, holds blacks back. Blacks are left out of crucial decision making processes that concern them.

  • Studs Terkel interviews Professor Charles V. Hamilton on his book written with Stokely Carmichael entitled "Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America" ; part 2

    Nov. 21, 1967

    Using the backdrop of James Baldwin's "Nobody Knows My Name" and Baldwin's feelings that Blacks were ashamed of where they came from, Terkel interviews Professor and Chairman of the Political Science Department of Roosevelt University on his book coauthored with Stokely Carmichael entitled" Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America". Hamilton states that Blacks were taught to hate themselves and leave school believing that. Institutional racism and the deliberate oppression it creates, holds blacks back. Blacks are left out of crucial decision making processes that concern them.

  • Race relations

    Studs Terkel discusses race relations and economic disparity with four Chicago area women ; part 2

    Jan. 27, 1965

    Studs discusses race relations and economic disparity with four Chicago area women in a program entitled "Each of us can act". This recording was the last of a 6-part series, "Rearing the Child of Good Will", broadcast under the auspices of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

  • Race relations

    Studs Terkel discusses race relations and economic disparity with four Chicago area women ; part 1

    Jan. 27, 1965

    Studs discusses race relations and economic disparity with four Chicago area women in a program entitled "Each of us can act". This recording was the last of a 6-part series, "Rearing the Child of Good Will", broadcast under the auspices of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

  • 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.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 4

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss discrimination, racism, integration, and other similiar topics.

  • 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 2.

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss prejudice towards the races, religions, and ethnicities of people.

  • 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.

  • Sister Mary William

    Sister Mary William discusses the importance of Marillac House

    Apr. 10, 1968

    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. When she was a teenager, Sister Mary William told her parents that she wanted to become a nun. Sister Mary wanted to become a nun so that she could love and help many people.

  • Phyl Garland discusses her book "Sound of Soul" and the history of black music in America ; part 2

    Nov. 25, 1968

    Studs interviews Phyl Garland about her book "Sound of Soul." They discuss various musicians that she mentions in her book and their influence on black music. Garland explains the music of young black artists and how commercialization of music gave blacks an opportunity that they would not have had otherwise. Garland talks about how Fannie Lou Hamer used music to express her message in the Civil Rights Movement and as a women's rights activist. Studs and Garland discuss various black female artists and their music.

  • Dick Gregory

    Panel at University of Chicago Law School discuss ending capital punishment, part 3

    Feb. 19, 1965

    Dick Gregory satirizes capital punishment in the United States, calls for the churches to take action, and talks about potential actions from "demonstrators." Other panel members answer audience questions (Father James Jones, Norval Morris, Hans W. Mattick, and Arthur Wineberg). Hosted by the University of Chicago. (Part 3 of 3)

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