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  • Discussing the book "W.E.B. DuBois--Biography of a Race, 1868-1919" with the author, historian David Levering Lewis

    Oct. 25, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Those Pullman Blues: An Oral History of the African American Railroad Attendant"with the David Perata and guests

    Feb. 17, 1997
  • Discussing the book "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" with Kay Mills

    Feb. 4, 1993
  • Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris

    Jan. 21, 1982

    Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris.

  • Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris

    Oct. 31, 1983

    Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris.

  • Discussing the book "The Coming Race War In America: A Wake-up Call" with the author, journalist Carl T. Rowan

    Oct. 23, 1996
  • Cornel West

    Discussing the book "Race Matters" with the author, Princeton University Professor of African American studies, Cornel West

    May. 5, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Parallel Time: Growing up in Black and White" with the author, journalist Brent Staples

    Mar. 1, 1994
  • Discussing the book "My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget: A Collection of Quotations By People of Color" with Dorothy Winbush Riley

    Aug. 13, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Like a Holy Crusade: Mississippi, 1964--the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America" with Nicolaus Mills

    Feb. 19, 1993

    Program includes an excerpt of a reading of "This Little Light of Mine" by Kay Mills.

  • Discussing the book "Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson" (published by Random House) with the author, journalist Marshall Frady

    Jun. 12, 1996

    Discussing the book "Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson" (published by Random House) with the author, journalist Marshall Frady.

  • Billy Taylor

    Discussing the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development" with Billy Taylor

    Nov. 16, 1982

    Studs Terkel and Billy Taylor discuss the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development". They discuss jazz musicians and the history of jazz music. Includes excerpts of drums, piano, and orchestra playing in the background.

  • Discussing the book "James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences" with the author, actor James Earl Jones

    Sep. 17, 1993

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the book "I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle" with Professor Charles M. Payne

    Jun. 20, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Freedom's Champion - Elijah Lovejoy" with the author, former Illinois Senator Paul Simon

    Dec. 15, 1997
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