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  • Interview with neighborhood residents

    1970

    Interviewing neighborhood residents in the people's park (Lincoln Park) with Father Lezak, Newbold the English Plumber, Pat Creer, Dick Brown, Harley Budd on fear and violence and Peter Bauer on fear and violence (part 2).

  • Interview with neighborhood residents

    1970

    Interviewing neighborhood residents in the people's park (Lincoln Park) with Steve Schaumburg, Hans the puppeteer, French hand laundry owner, and architect Howard Alan (part 4).

  • Interview with Monk, Fred and Johnny ; part 2

    1968

    Terkel interviews students Monk, Fred and Johnny. The three students talk about the influence they have on the younger generation. This interview is done in two parts.

  • Interview with Monk, Fred and Johnny ; part 1

    1968

    Terkel interviews students Monk, Fred and Johnny. The three students talk about the influence they have on the younger generation. This interview is done in two parts.

  • Interview with Mary Hollis and Sandra Maxwell

    Jul. 9, 1993

    Interviewing Mary Hollis and Sandra Maxwell, members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

  • Interview with Kid Pharaoh and Lucy Jefferson

    1968

    Discussing "Division Street: America" with Kid Pharaoh, Lucy Jefferson (part 1 of 4).

  • Interview with Johnny, Frankie, Paul and Fred Christy ; part 2

    1968

    Interviewing Johnny, Frankie, Paul and Fred Christy. This interview is done in two parts.

  • Interview with Johnny, Frankie, Paul and Fred Christy ; part 1

    1968

    Interviewing Johnny, Frankie, Paul and Fred Christy. This interview is done in two parts.

  • Interview with Gale Cincotta and Tom Fox

    Jun. 1, 1983

    Interviewing Gale Cincotta of National People's Action, a community activist organization working on issues of housing and employment, and Tom Fox.

  • Interview with Gale Cincotta and Tom Fox

    Apr. 8, 1986

    Interviewing Gale Cincotta of National People's Action, a community activist organization working on issues of housing and employment, and Tom Fox.

  • Interview with Dorothy Scannell

    Sep. 19, 1975

    Author of Mother Knows Best

  • Interview with Dick Simpson, Ron Shaffman, Mary Lou Daniel and Fabian Padilla

    Oct. 13, 1977

    Discussing Chicago neighborhoods with Alderman Dick Simpson, Ron Shaffman, Mary Lou Daniel and Fabian Padilla.

  • Horace Cayton discusses is book "Long Old Road" ; part 3

    Sep. 7, 1966

    Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. 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.

  • Herman Kogan, Helen Malone in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 20, 1960

    As a tribute to Nelson Algren after his death, a collection of his writing is dramatized in this radio program titled "Come in at the Door."

  • Hans W. Mattick and Father Robert Taylor discuss the scandal at Cook County Jail

    1968

    Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. 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. Former Assistant Warden of the Cook County Jail, Hans W.

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