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  • Interviewing Jimmy Collier, Jim Orange and Diane Smith of the Freedom singers ; part 2

    Dec. 31, 1959
  • Interviewing Jimmy Collier, Jim Orange and Diane Smith of the Freedom singers ; part 1

    Dec. 31, 1959
  • Interviewing Herbert Hill ; part 2

    1962
  • Interviewing Herbert Hill ; part 1

    1962
  • Interviewing Gwendolyn Brooks

    Jul. 21, 1964
  • Interview with the Kuumba Theater group

    Dec. 5, 1980

    Discussing the production of James Baldwin's play "The Amen corner" with the Kuumba theater group.

  • Interview with Alan Schneider

    Jan. 17, 1983

    Discussing Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and the Beckett Project with director Alan Schneider.

  • E.D. Nixon

    Interview with a society editor, lady in a cab, E.D. Nixon, the host

    Apr. 1, 1965

    Interviewing in Montgomery, Alabama, with a society editor, lady in a cab, E.D. Nixon, the host, with portions of a broadcast of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the TV (program 5).

  • Harry Belafonte discusses jazz and folk music ; part 2

    Jan. 6, 1955

    The conversation continues with Belafonte talking about his album, "Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean". The songs, explained Belafonte, were both reflections of his childhood and things he was exposed to as an adult. Belafonte believed both Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden played important roles in jazz music.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Harry Belafonte discusses jazz and folk music ; part 1

    Jan. 6, 1955

    Singer Harry Belafonte discusses Black music including spirituals and jazz and how it has contributed to American culture.

  • Hamilton Fish III discusses American history

    Colonel Hamilton Fish III discusses American history. Major topics include The Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and Communism. Fish also reads a personal letter sent to him from Martin Dies, Jr. Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language.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.

  • Gordon Parks

    Gordon Parks discusses his book "Shannon"

    Sep. 10, 1981

    Discussing the book "Shannon" with the author Gordon Parks.

  • Godfrey Cambridge, Ossie Davis and Ruby Ann Dee discuss the play "Purlie Victorie" ; part 2

    Jul. 24, 1962
  • Godfrey Cambridge, Ossie Davis and Ruby Ann Dee discuss the play "Purlie Victorie" ; part 1

    Jul. 24, 1962
  • John Hope Franklin

    Dr. John Hope Franklin discusses the history of Civil War Reconstruction; part 1

    1966

    Dr. John Hope Franklin, professor of history at University of Chicago, outlines the history of reconstruction during the American Civil War and briefly his experience at the March to Montgomery; part 1.

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