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  • Young men talk with Fred Christy; Earl talks with Studs Terkel ; speech and singing at a meeting

    1968

    Studs Terkel interviews Fred Christy about how he hopes to change the young lives of African-American. He also travels with Fred to places of African-American community.

  • While in a pub in Hamburg, Studs Terkel talks to six young people ; part 1

    1967

    Music, long hair and the war are among the topics discussed at the pub. Ingo plays the guitar and he's looking for fun with music. Ingo hopes to get married and have children one day. When asked about the war, Brigitte says she doesn't like to think about it and that people should forget about what happened. It's apparent that the group wants to live in peace but none of the individuals have any plans for making a better world.

  • The Walawa Basies talk with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    Jan. 14, 1969

    Studs Terkel interviews the members of the Walawa Basies: Kelvin Strong, Orlando Lucas, and Levon Campbell.

  • The Walawa Basies talk with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    Jan. 14, 1969

    Studs Terkel interviews the members of the Walawa Basies: Kelvin Strong, Orlando Lucas, Levon Campbell, and Justine Cordwell. This is an Interview done in two parts

  • 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.

  • Terkel presents a program with grade school valedictorians ; part 3

    Jul. 6, 1962
  • Terkel presents a program with grade school valedictorians ; part 2

    Jul. 6, 1962
  • Teenagers Kathy Kron, Chip Tucker, and Elizabeth Plume discuss the differences of the older generation and the newer generation

    Jun. 25, 1965

    Discussing the differences between the older generation and the newer generation with three young people. All three students agreed that communication and the lack of communication was an issue among the gaps.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Vivian Cadbury

    Teacher Vivian Cadbury and Lane Technical High School students read and discuss "Cadbury Tales"

    Dec. 19, 1978

    Discussing "Cadbury tales," about teacher Vivian Cadbury, with students from Lane Technical High School in Chicago.

  • Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb discuss the event and nuclear nonproliferation

    May. 31, 1982

    Discussing Hiroshima and nuclear nonproliferation with survivors of the Hiroshima bomb of August 6, 1945 and activists organizing against nuclear proliferation.

  • Studs, teachers and students have a conversation at a high school where there is controversy over the use of the book "Working"

    1982

    Discussing the controversy over the use of the book "Working" by author Studs Terkel in a senior vocational class. Interviews with Kay Nichols, teacher, and two high school classes, as well as Bob Burns and Jim Richardson. The students talk of how the "bad" language in the book is heard from their peers on a daily basis and they don't find it offensive. [recorded in Girard, Pennsylvania]

  • Studs visits the Illinois Institute of Technology to view student work about Vietnam

    May. 24, 1970

    Interviewing guests at the Institute of Design memorial in Crown Hall on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. The student work on view is a collaboration between the Schools of Architecture and Planning, and the Institute of Design.

  • Studs Terkel talks with artist Gene Hall and Dr. Paul Mundy about the painting "The Black Christ Not Worthy of Its Cross" ; part 1

    Sep. 21, 1965

    Studs Terkel interviews the artist Gene Hall who created "The Black Christ Not Worthy Of Its Cross" and the head of the Loyola University Sociology Department, Dr. Paul Mundy, who used the title and painting reproduction to spark classroom discussions. Hall describes the creation of his 6 ft tall by 2 1/2 feet wide painting and how seeing the color of Christ diminishes Christ. You don't see Christ when you see color. Hall uses barbed wire instead of thorns in the painting to signify there is no time in painting, it is up to date.

  • Studs Terkel talks with artist Gene Hall and Dr. Paul Mundy about the painting "The Black Christ Not Worthy of Its Cross" ; part 2

    Sep. 21, 1965

    Studs Terkel interviews the artist Gene Hall who created "The Black Christ Not Worthy Of Its Cross" and the head of the Loyola University Sociology Department, Dr. Paul Mundy, who used the title and painting reproduction to spark classroom discussions. Hall describes the creation of his 6 ft tall by 2 1/2 feet wide painting and how seeing the color of Christ diminishes Christ. You don't see Christ when you see color. Hall uses barbed wire instead of thorns in the painting to signify there is no time in painting, it is up to date.

  • Pablo Picasso

    Studs Terkel comments and presents Picasso unveiling ceremony

    Aug. 15, 1967

    Studs Terkel presents the unveiling of the Chicago Picasso on August 15th, 1967, asking bystanders for their opinion on the new sculpture.

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