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  • Interviewing Howard Zinn ; part 1

    1964
  • Interviewing Helen Suzman

    1980

    The anti-apartheid activist and South African politician joins Studs to discuss her opposition to the policies of most of her colleagues in Parliament. The program begins with a lengthy clip from a 1962 interview with another anti-apartheid activist, Albert John Luthuli.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing former Israeli army colonel and human rights activist Dov Yermiya

    May. 6, 1985
  • Interviewing Father Bill Hogan, former priest, cab driver and political activist

    Nov. 26, 1979
  • Interviewing ex-convict turned probation officer, writer and lecturer Albert Race Sample

    Dec. 4, 1984

    Discussing the book "Race Hoss: Big Emma's Boy" with the author Albert Race Sample. Includes Sample reading a section of the book.Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, or offensive language. 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.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing ex-convict turned probation officer, writer and lecturer Albert Race Sample

    Dec. 4, 1984

    Discussing the book "Race hoss: big Emma's boy" with the author Albert Race Sample. Includes Sample reading a section of the book.

  • Interviewing Episcopalian minister and activist Reverend James Jones

    1980
  • Interviewing environmentalists and a representative from Commonwealth Edison

    Jun. 26, 1986

    Studs Terkel discusses the energy and environment with Scott Bernstein, Frank Clark, and Amory B. Lovins. They talk about the company, Commonwealth Edison, and how the city has the right to grant or not grant franchises.

  • Interviewing Elizabeth Wood ; part 2

    Feb. 6, 1964

    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.

  • Chicago Housing Authority

    Interviewing Elizabeth Wood ; part 1

    Feb. 6, 1964

    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.

  • Interviewing Ed Chambers of the Chicago-based organization United Power For Action and Justice

    Oct. 29, 1997
  • Interviewing Dr. Bernard Lown and Dr. Eugene Chasov

    Feb. 12, 1985
  • Interviewing civil rights attorney Cliff Durr, includes a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Interviewing Chicago political activists Leon Despres, Dick Simpson and Nancy Jefferson

    Feb. 9, 1977
  • Interviewing Betty Williams, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement and winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize

    Oct. 13, 1982
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