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  • Morris Haimowitz discusses illiteracy and the "Read Now" project

    1960

    Although he doesn't know for sure, Morris Haimowitz believes there 300,000 people in the Chicago metropolitan area who cannot read or write. Hamimowitz's "Read Now" program is looking for anyone who can read and write to become a teacher to people that need assistance with literacy. *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

  • Interviewing labor historian Bill Adelman and guest

    Jun. 30, 1994
  • Interviewing author and University of Chicago Professor Emeritus of Education Robert J. Havighurst

    Nov. 11, 1977
  • Claudio Abbado

    Interview with Claudio Abbado and Philip Gossett

    Nov. 11, 1986

    Interviewing at Orchestra Hall with conductor Claudio Abbado and University of Chicago Professor of Music Philip Gossett.

  • Interview with Bill Adelman and Heinrich Nuhn

    Jun. 25, 1993

    Interviewing labor historian Bill Adelman and German author and historian Heinrich Nuhn.

  • Dr. Samuel Floyd, Jr. discusses Black music, history, and culture

    Oct. 11, 1990

    Interviewing Dr. Samuel Floyd, author and scholar of Black music. He discusses prominent Black musicians and composers who shaped their perspective genres.

  • Dr. Samual Floyd talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 17, 1988

    Interviewing author and scholar of Black music Dr. Samuel Floyd, Jr.

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