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  • Phil Donahue

    Phil Donahue talks about his book "Donahue: My Own Story"

    Feb. 1, 1980

    Mr. Donahue talks about the audience and the guests of his talk show, and the changes that have come for the groups he talked with (women, homosexual persons, minorities, political freedoms).

  • 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 Includes Sample reading a section of the book.Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, or offensive language.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.

  • Interview with Larry Adler

    Oct. 26, 1988

    Discussing "It Ain't Necessarily So: An Autobiography" (published by Grove) with the author, musician Larry Adler.

  • Georgia Turner discusses living in a tent city

    Apr. 28, 1962

    Georgia Turner has been working in the fields since she was 8 years old. Today, she's 58 years old, and she lives in Tent City, in Fayette County, Tennessee. No matter how many hardships Turner encountered, she said she lives her life so that she can go to heaven. There are also excerpts from previous interviews of James Baldwin and Lillian Smith.

  • David T. Dellinger discusses his book "From Yale to Jail"

    Apr. 23, 1993

    The early influences of his father, his time in prison, and a bomb being sent to his home are among the topics covered in Dellinger’s book, “From Yale to Jail: The Story of a Moral Dissenter”. Dellinger is best known for being one of the Chicago Eight. He recalls a time in Lincoln Park, IL when he was warned to get out of there quickly because the police were told to attack Dellinger and his group.

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