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Dancers
  • Eartha Kitt

    Eartha Kitt discusses her music career, part 2

    Jul. 10, 1962

    Studs Terkel continues to interview actress and singer Eartha Kitt. Part 2 of the interview begins with the song "Üsküdara", and ends with "Mountain High, Valley Low", both sung by Kitt. Kitt discusses the following; her career; her desire to entertain; her autobiography, "Thursday's Child"; her mothers death; the art of interacting with the audience; the femme fatale; her time with the Katherine Dunham Dancers; and her portrayl of Helen of Troy.

  • Sidney Lens

    Sidney Lens discusses his autobiography "Unrepentant Radical" and labor organizing

    May. 29, 1980

    Discussing the biography, "Unrepentant Radical: An American Activist's Account of Five Turbulent Decades," with the author Sidney Lens.

  • Asa Barber, Margo Sappington, Michael L. Greenwald in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 28, 1993
  • Anton Dolin in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 10, 1982
  • Katherine Dunham in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 28, 1978
  • Nacha Guevara in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 20, 1979
  • Doris Humphrey, Ernestine Stodelle, Letitia Ide in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 24, 1992
  • Ester Merrill, Maurice Hines in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 15, 1988
  • Shirley Mordine in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 3, 1987
  • Shirley Mordine, Bill Russo in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 18, 1983
  • Ivory Moss in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 21, 1979
  • Ruth Page, Joseph Holmes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 14, 1984
  • Walter Rosenblum, Daniel Nagrin in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 2, 1982
  • Anna Sokolow in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 17, 1979
  • Jackie Taylor, Tommy Gomez in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 14, 1996
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