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  • Discussing the book "The People Rising: The Campaign against the Bork Nomination" with Mike Pertschuk

    Feb. 17, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life" with the author John Mortimer

    Mar. 16, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Making Miracles Happen" with Gregory White Smith

    Sep. 2, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Citizen Cohn" with the author, journalist Nicholas Von Hoffman

    Mar. 25, 1988
  • Discussing the book "Blue Belle" with the author, attorney Andrew Vachss

    Dec. 13, 1988
  • Discussing prison and reform with Chicago defense lawyer Harold Katz and Jeanette Musinga

    Mar. 19, 1979
  • Discussing Italian culture in America with Italian Americans, attorney Tony Scariano and historian Dominic Candeloro

    Sep. 19, 1983
  • Discussing battered women and the Greenhouse Shelter with four Greenhouse Women; women's rights activist Alice Cottingham, attorney Andrea Schleifer, Marva Butler White, and Angie Fields

    Apr. 29, 1985

    Chicago's Greenhouse Shelter provides 24-hour crisis intervention.

  • Derrick Bell discusses his book "Confronting Authority"

    Dec. 2, 1994

    Civil rights activist, lawyer, and professor Derrick Bell discusses his latest work and protest against Harvard University due to their lack of diverse hiring in academics. Bell is known for his work on the concept of critical race theory and his relentless pursuit of fair treatment for his colleagues.

  • Derrick A. Bell in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 8, 1992

    Interviewing lawyer, activist and author Derrick Bell.

  • Debra Evenson and Gisela Lopez discuss the U.S. embargo on Cuba

    Sep. 1, 1994

    Attorney Debra Evenson and Gisela Lopez discuss the U.S. embargo on Cuba, the 1994 Cuban craft crisis, and food shortages and life in Cuba.

  • David Lewis discusses Canadian culture and politics

    Nov. 12, 1976

    David Lewis, Canadian politician, discusses Canada's domestic and foreign affairs, including their relationship with America. He also spends some time talking about Canadian socialism including universal health insurance.

  • David Hamlin discusses his book, "The Nazi/Skokie Conflict: A Civil Liberties Battle"

    Mar. 5, 1981

    David Hamlin, author and former Executive Director of ACLU, discusses his book "The Nazi/Skokie Conflict: A Civil Liberties Battle." Hamlin talks about Frank Collin, a jewish man turned leader of American Nazi Party leader and the court battle over the right to demonstrate in Skokie, Illinois. He also talks about the retaliation against the ALCU for defending Collin's case in court. At the end of the interview, Hamlin gives some advice on how to deal with people like Frank Collin.

  • Clifford and Virginia Durr

    Clifford Durr and Virginia Durr discuss the Civl Rights Movement, part 3

    1965

    Alabama lawyer Clifford Durr and his wife, civil rights activist Virginia Durr, discuss the Civil Rights Movement, part 3. The Durrs talk about McCarthyism, The New Deal, and the ostracization they experienced as a result of their support of civil rights in the South.

  • Clifford and Virginia Durr

    Clifford Durr and Virginia Durr discuss the Civil Rights Movement, part 2

    1965

    Alabama lawyer Clifford Durr and his wife, civil rights activist Virginia Durr, discuss the Civil Rights Movement, part 2. They talk about segregation, civil rights activist Aubrey Willis Williams, former Alabama attorney general Richmond Flowers, and representing dissidents as a lawyer.

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