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American History & Politics Race Relations
  • Turner Catledge discusses his book "My Life and the Times"

    1970

    Discussing the book "My life and the times" and interviewing the author Turner Catledge. Turner Catledge discusses his life and his career at the "New York Times".

  • Roger Buffalohead

    Roger Buffalohead Native American educator, scholar and activist talks about Native American history and education

    Nov. 15, 1971

    Mr Buffalohead a Native American educator, scholar and activist talks to Studs in Minnesota about Native American history and about creating space at universities for Native / Indigenous studies programs. At the end Studs states that there is another 15 minutes of the program, that will be presented at another time.

  • Herman Badillo

    Herman Badillo discusses "A Bill of No Rights: Attica and the American Prison System"

    Jun. 26, 1972

    Congressman Herman Badillo discusses the prisoner uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, and how race played a role in the unwarranted killing of inmates and the subsequent government and administrative cover up of the incident. Badillo reads excerpts from his book, "A Bill of No Rights: Attica and the American Prison System," and discusses prisoner rights, rehabilitation, and the endemic injustice and racism in the American prison system.

  • Charles E. Silberman

    Charles E. Silberman and his wife Arlene Silberman discuss education

    Sep. 15, 1970

    Charles E. Silberman and his wife Arlene Silberman discuss education and Charles Silberman's book "Crisis in the Classroom". Includes a clip of Studs Terkel interviewing a student.

  • 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.

  • Nathan Wright

    Nathan Wright discusses Black power ; part 2

    1967

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

  • William Bradford Huie

    William Bradford Huie talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 29, 1965

    William Bradford Huie discusses his novel The Klansman. Includes recordings of interviews from Rev. Paschal Carlton, an unknown Alabama cab driver, and an unknown woman of Birmingham, Alabama. Includes songs "Be A Man, Join the Klan," and "Move Them Niggers North."

  • Richard G. Hatcher

    Richard G. Hatcher and Alexander Poinsett discuss Gary, Indiana, their book "Black Power: Gary Style," and politics

    Jan. 18, 1971

    Richard G. Hatcher and Alexander Poinsett discuss Gary, Indiana, their book "Black Power: Gary Style," politics, and race relations. They discuss the corruption in Gary, Indiana and Gary politics. Includes Richard G. Hatcher reading his old speech from his book "Black Power: Gary Style."

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Ira B. Harkey

    Ira B. Harkey discusses the south, civil rights, race relations, racism, his newspaper, and his career ; part 2

    1966

    Ira B. Harkey discusses the south, civil rights, race relations, racism, his newspaper, and his career. Includes Ira Harkey reading from his newspaper the Mississippi "Chronicle-Star".

  • 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"

    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.

  • Stokely Carmichael

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss the philosophy of SNCC ; part 3

    Jul. 23, 1965

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss civil rights and African Americans in politics. Discussing the philosophy of SNCC.

  • Stokely Carmichael

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss the SNCC ; part 2

    Jul. 23, 1965

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss civil rights and African Americans in politics. Discussing the philosophy of SNCC.

  • Stokely Carmichael

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss the SNCC ; part 1

    Jul. 23, 1965

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss civil rights and African Americans in politics. Discussing the philosophy of SNCC.

  • Stokely Carmichael

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss the philosophy of the SNCC ; part 2

    1968

    Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss civil rights and African Americans in politics. Discussing the philosophy of SNCC. Includes Charlie Cobb reading his poem. Duplicate of 1916310-3-2.

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