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Social Reformers Community Activism & Social Reform Pacifists, Peace Activists & Anti-Bomb Activism
  • Roger Baldwin

    Roger Baldwin discusses his life as an activist

    Jun. 26, 1974

    Roger Baldwin one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) discusses his life as an pacifist and activist for civil rights and true freedom for all.

  • Nicola Geiger talks to Studs Terkel

    Oct. 21, 1974
  • Milton Mayer discusses Quakerism and the impact they have had on society

    Dec. 27, 1974

    Milton Mayer, journalist and educator, talks with Studs about Quakerism. They talk about how religion relates to society in the times of change. Mr Mayer describes an exchange with a gentleman who asked what is a Quaker. The man had been an SS officer who told Mr Mayer his story. The man had been touched by the anonymous generosity of the Quakers many years before. Mr Mayer speaks of A. J. Musty, clergyman and political activist as his mentor and friend, and the things he learned from him.

  • Interview with Dagmar Wilson

    1967

    Terkel interviews activist and children's author Dagmar Wilson. She discusses how she goes from a children's author to an activist for anti-nuclear testing.

  • Discussing the book "We Gave Away A Fortune: Stories of People Who Have Devoted Themselves and Their Wealth to Peace, Justice, and the Environment" with Christopher Mogil and Anne Slepian along with Grace Ross, Charles Gray

    Nov. 24, 1992
  • Discussing the book "Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing" with the author, grassroots organizer and activist Linda Stout

    Apr. 7, 1997
  • Discussing Amnesty International, her book of poetry "Thieves' Afternoon, and Breyten Breytenback's biography "The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist" with poet and human rights activist Rode Styron

    Feb. 26, 1985
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