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  • Discussing the jazz community with Rev. John Garcia Gensel

    Jan. 31, 1989

    Rev. Gensel was named Minister to the Jazz Community of New York in 1965 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

  • Discussing the Inspiration Cafe with Lisa Nigro

    1980

    The Inspiration Cafe provides meals for the homeless in a restaurant-like setting.

  • Discussing the history of Maxwell Street with University of Illinois at Chicago historian Bill Adelman, Roosevelt University professor of Sociology and Anthropology Carolyn Eastwood, and Chicago Blues Festival director Barry Dolins

    May. 13, 1993
  • Discussing the development of the Southern School, Chicago's only alternative for students kicked out of the public schools, with founder and educator Patrick Zimmerman

    Oct. 20, 1976
  • Dennis Smith

    Discussing the book, "Report from Engine Co. 82," about firefighters in the Bronx, New York, and interviewing its author Dennis Smith

    1970
  • Discussing the book of poetry "From Hard Times to Hope," and the newspaper "StreetWise: Empowering the Homeless Through Employment," with vendors and contributors Chris Christmas and Vern Cooper; editor John Ellis; and co-editor and Chicago Tribune report

    Dec. 5, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Zoo: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Animals and the People Who Care for Them" with the author Don Gold

    Dec. 19, 1988
  • Discussing the book "The People of Providence: A Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants" with Tony Parker

    May. 27, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Rusted Dreams: Hard Times in the Steel Community" with one of the book's authors, Roberta Lynch

    Mar. 19, 1987

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

  • Discussing the book "Politics of Compassion and Transformation" with the author, former Chicago alderman and Professor of political science Dick Simpson

    Jun. 21, 1989
  • Discussing the book "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" with photographer John Brooks, and the book's authors and subjects LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman

    Jun. 27, 1997
  • Discussing the book "New York in the Fifties" with the author, journalist Dan Wakefield

  • Discussing the book "New Homeless and Old: Community and the Skid Row Hotel" with author and University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Charles Hoch

    Feb. 19, 1990
  • Discussing the book "My Neighborhood: The Words and Pictures of Inner-City Children," with Prince Chris Upshaw, Shanda Thedford, and editor Linda Waldman

    Jun. 30, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Lewis Mumford, a Life" with Donald L. Miller

    Aug. 7, 1989
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