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Historians African-American History & Culture
  • Henry Louis Gates

    Henry Louis Gates in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 24, 1986

    Discussing the topic "race writing" and the magazine "Critical Inquiry" (published by the University of Chicago Press) with author, educator and scholar Henry Louis Gates.

  • Interviewing St. Clair Drake, author of "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City."

    May. 10, 1976

    A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.

  • John Keyes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 23, 1990

    Discussing the Regal Theater with actor and theater historian John Keyes.

  • Discussing the book "Black Odyssey: the Afro-American Ordeal in Slavery" with author, historian Nathan I. Huggins

    Jan. 1, 1978
  • Discussing the book "Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era"with the author, historian Patricia Sullivan. Program includes excerpts from programs 9 and 11 of Terkel's "Hard Times" series

    Mar. 29, 1996
  • Interviewing radio and television historian J. Fred MacDonald, and Clarice Durham, widow of Richard Durham, an African American radio scriptwriter

    Dec. 16, 1991

    Durham created and broadcast radio plays in Chicago from 1948-1950, and his work was chronicled in "Richard Durham's Destination Freedom: Scripts From Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-50."

  • John Hope Franklin discusses racial inequality in America

    Mar. 15, 1979

    Discussing racial inequality in America with historian John Hope Franklin.

  • 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 "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 Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925," with author and historian Herbert Gutman

    Oct. 26, 1976
  • John D. Weaver talks with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 6, 1971

    Terkel interviews historian author John D. Weaver. They discuss his latest book "Brownsville Raid".

  • Robert Allen

    Interview with Robert Allen

    May. 12, 1989

    Discussing "The Port Chicago Mutiny," (published by Warner Books) with the author Robert Allen.

  • Interview with Allan Berube

    Apr. 30, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Paul Robeson" with Martin Duberman

    Feb. 28, 1989
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