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Authors, Writers Community Activism & Social Reform
  • Dennis Brutus discusses the non-violent fight against Aparthied in South Africa and reads his poetry

    Sep. 13, 1972

    Interview begins with excerpt of interview with Chief Albert John Luthuli (excerpt from 1895817-6-1). Dennis Brutus reads several of his poems from the book "Letters to Martha and Other Poems From a South African Prison" (Letters number 1, 9, 17 - "In prison"). Dennis Brutus discusses the 1972 Summer Olympics and being imprisoned for being an activist against Apartheid and the unreasonable laws that went along with Apartheid.

  • Herbert Kohl discusses Myles Horton and the book "The Long Haul: An Autobiography"

    Apr. 5, 1990

    Progressive educator Herbert Kohl discusses educator and founder of the Highlander Folk School Myles Horton and the book about him, "The Long Haul: An Autobiography." The book was written by Herbert Kohl and his wife, Judith Kohl.

  • Richard Dean Rosen discusses his book, "Me and my friends, we no longer profess any graces", a premature memoir

    Sep. 2, 1971

    Richard Dean Rosen discusses his new book, "Me and My Friends, we no longer profess any graces", a premature memoir. Mr Rosen discusses why he has written a memoir so early in his life and speaks about his other writings. Mr. Rosen reads excerpts from his book.

  • Jessica Mitford discusses her book "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business"

    Sep. 14, 1973

    The interview begins with an excerpt of Ken Jackson talking about solitary confinement while in prison. (Fortune Society 1970 Nov. 20. 1967541-3-1). Jessica Mitford an English born author, investigative journalist, and civil rights activist discusses her book "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business,". Ms Mitford and Studs discuss her finding that prisoners were used as test subjects for drug trials and other medical research, and slave labor. Ms Mitford's book makes the argument that prisons are a governments means to making money from the prisoners they have punished.

  • Maud Russell social worker, educator, and writer, discusses U.S./China relations

    Jun. 1, 1976

    Ms. Russell was a social worker with the YWCA in China from 1917-1943, and the executive director of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy from 1946-1952. Ms Russell speaks of her time and work in China, about U.S./China relations and the cultural revolution taking place in China. Includes excerpt of Joshua Horn talking about a worker who got burned while working at a steel factory in China. He speaks of the outpouring help for the man from the community of Shanghi.(1934055-3-1)

  • Allen Davis

    Allen Davis discusses Jane Addams and his current book

    Dec. 14, 1973

    Allen Davis talks with Studs about his recently published biography "American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams" A Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jane Addams was one of the founders of Hull House, a social reformer, a suffragist and pacifist. Allen Davis discusses her life. Interview begins with an excerpt of Jessie Binford talking about Jane Addams and Hull House Chicago (1863362-3-1).

  • Rose Styron

    Poet and activist Rose Styron reads works by exiled writers

    Nov. 8, 1977

    Rose Styron and Studs read works by exiled writers and performers and discuss Amnesty International.

  • Charles V. Hamilton

    Studs Terkel interviews Professor Charles V. Hamilton on his book written with Stokely Carmichael entitled "Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America"

    Nov. 21, 1967

    Using the backdrop of James Baldwin's "Nobody Knows My Name" and Baldwin's feelings that Blacks were ashamed of where they came from, Terkel interviews Professor and Chairman of the Political Science Department of Roosevelt University on his book coauthored with Stokely Carmichael entitled" Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America". Hamilton states that Blacks were taught to hate themselves and leave school believing that. Institutional racism and the deliberate oppression it creates, holds blacks back. Blacks are left out of crucial decision making processes that concern them.

  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Dick Gregory

    Panel at University of Chicago Law School discuss ending capital punishment, part 3

    Feb. 19, 1965

    Dick Gregory satirizes capital punishment in the United States, calls for the churches to take action, and talks about potential actions from "demonstrators." Other panel members answer audience questions (Father James Jones, Norval Morris, Hans W. Mattick, and Arthur Wineberg). Hosted by the University of Chicago. (Part 3 of 3)

  • Nicholas Von Hoffman discusses his novel, "Two Three Many More" with Studs Terkel

    1970

    Nicholas Van Hoffman discusses the characters of his novel, "Two Three Many More" about campus protests against the Vietnam War. Political viewpoints, regulations, and character analysis are discussed. Von Hoffman opens the interview with a reading from the opening of the book that mentions peace, solidarity, and disunity. Terkel and Von Hoffman read excerpts together from the book.

  • Interview with Bill Ayers

    Jun. 23, 1993

    Interviewing author and educator Bill Ayers.

  • Vine Deloria

    Vine Deloria discusses Native American rights and history

    Jan. 20, 1975

    Vine Deloria discusses Native American rights and history focusing on treaties formed and broken by the United State government. Original recording 1965063-3-1 includes music by Buffy Sainte-Marie.

  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 2

    1965

    Part 2 of a series sponsored by the national conference of Christians and Jews. Includes "Rearing the Child of Good Will" and "The Child and the Changing World." Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Ms. Neisser discuss the importance of an open mind and a accepting environment in education and at home, and how this helps the children to accept change as it happens.

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