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  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Interviewing Jessie Binford ; part 1

    Jul. 1, 1963
  • Interviewing jazz cornetist Jimmy McPartland and jazz pianist and radio host of "Piano Jazz," Marian McPartland

    Aug. 25, 1986
  • Interviewing Gwendolyn Brooks

    Jul. 21, 1964
  • Interviewing former City of Chicago Jazz Festival producer Penny Tyler and jazz trumpeter Art Hoyle

    Feb. 18, 1993
  • 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 Elma Stuckey

    Aug. 25, 1963
  • 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 Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicago lawyer

    Oct. 28, 1975

    The distinguished lawyer and former Chicago alderman reflects on his long career, before being honored at an NAACP Legal Defense Fund event at the Continental Plaza Hotel. Studs includes a clip of W.E.B. DuBois speaking.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Chicagoan Lucy Jefferson : part 2

  • Interviewing Chicagoan Lucy Jefferson ; part 1

    An interview with Jefferson is included in Terkel's book, "Division Street: America

  • Interviewing Chicagoan Kid Pharaoh : part 1

    An interview with Kid Pharoh, a former prize fighter, is included in Terkel's book, "Division Street: America."

  • Interviewing Chicagoan Kid Pharaoh ; part 2

    An interview with Kid Pharoh, a former prize fighter, is included in Terkel's book, "Division Street: America."

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

    Feb. 9, 1977
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