Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

Studs interviews Jessie Binford at her home at the Tall Corn Hotel in Marshalltown, Iowa. Ms. Binford reflects on growing up in Marshalltown and going to Hull House Chicago where she met Jane Addams. Ms. Binford talks to Studs about politics and the changes in technology. Includes an excerpt of a previous interview with Florence Scala.(1915178-3-1) Also, excerpts from 1963 interview with Ms. Binford(1851518-3-1, 3-2)

Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

The discussion of discrimination in metropolitan Chicago continues with Jan Hestor, Curtiss Brooks and Dr. Philip Hauser talking about bigotry, prejudices, open occupancy and education. Included in this part of the interview is an excerpt of 17 year-old Jimmy talking about how his grandmother would rather work than be on welfare.

Interviewing political activists for senior citizens in the Chicago area: Leonard Fuchs of the Gray Panthers and Margaret Person, founder and director of Metro Seniors in Action.

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Terry is an organizer of poor Southern whites in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood

The Gray Panthers is a national organization of intergenerational activists dedicated to social change.

Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.

Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.

Discussing the National Federation of the Blind with Steven Bensen, Debbie Kent Stein, and William Heyford.

Terkel interviews folk singer Patrick Sky on his latest project. A 19 minute film entitled "Down the Road" Sky directs and stars in the film about pollution. He describes how he acquired the help of local children to shoot the film and how he got permission from the city to shoot on location.

Discussing "The Story of 77" with Oliver Harvey, Mary Ellen Kent, Lucy Bug and Pete Brandon.