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  • Jim Fuerst, Terry Brunner in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 3, 1986

    Discussing the debate over the site of the new Chicago Public Library with poet Jim Fuerst and Terry Brunner, Executive Director of the Better Government Association.

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie F. [Florence] Binford talks with Studs Terkel about Jane Addams

    Jun. 13, 1960

    Ms. Binford talks with Studs about Jane Addams life and her dedication to social service with the women and children of Chicago. Ms.Binford discusses the creation of Hull House and the associated buildings and how deeply in need they were of the help.

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago ; part 4

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago ; part 3

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago ; part 2

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago ; part 1

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

  • Jean Komaiko and Dr. Quentin Young

    Jean Komaiko and Dr. Quentin Young discuss hunger in Chicago

    Feb. 6, 1969

    Joan Komaiko saw there were kids who could buy cartons of milk for four cents and the other kids who couldn't afford the milk, sat and watched the ones who drank the milk. Komaiko wrote a letter to the school board pointing out how kids couldn't do well at school because they were sent to school hungry. Dr. Quentin Young explained that the government needs to provide the children with breakfast and lunch at the schools because those two meals were probably the only meals children would receive that day.

  • Janet Beller discusses her work "Street People"

    Aug. 1, 1980

    Interviewing author-photographer of "Street People" Janet Beller.

  • Jan Bauer, Mary Garrity, Ann Griffin, and Harry Wells discuss Chicago law system and community groups

    Mar. 13, 1978

    Jan Bauer, Mary Garrity, Ann Griffin and Harry Wells discuss crime, poverty, law, and community relations. They each come from different community programs which are trying to make Chicago safer for everyone.

  • James Dapogny discusses jazz and the many faces of the genre

    Aug. 14, 1984

    Bandleader, jazz musicologist and composer James Dapogny discusses his work in reviving the sound and art of jazz. Dapogny's work is mainly associated with his group James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band and his career in publishing lost works of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton.

  • Irv Kupcinet discusses his autobiography "Kup: A Man, An Era, A City"

    Dec. 8, 1988

    Irv Kupcinet said he was embarrassed to admit how many hours he'd spend per day working on one story for his column. Kup explained his work life, his social life and personal life all gelled together because he was working about 18 hours a day. Reading papers every morning and making phones to his various contacts were the main ways Irv Kupcinet got his information.

  • Interviewing Willam Witherspoon

    Jun. 9, 1964
  • Interviewing students Marvin Jackson, David Furey and Debbie Mooney about their upcoming participation in the May 8th peace march in Chicago

    Apr. 25, 1983
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