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Bill Cunningham discusses court cases he has participated in

BROADCAST: Jan. 5, 1979 | DURATION: 00:29:25

Synopsis

Bill Cunningham, Jesuit priest and lawyer, discusses some court cases he has participated in. He talks about the Berrigan Brothers who protested against the Vietnam War. Cunnginham also talks about the Rice-Poindexter case, where two Black Panther Party members were charged for murder. He also discussed the Freedom of Information Act and the COINTELPRO the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program. Studs reads poetry from David Rice and plays a song by Hank Ferguson.

Details

Broadcast Date
Jan. 5, 1979

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 29.15 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
29 minutes, 25 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Advocacy Law, Crime, Prison Theology, Religion, Religious Organizations Poetry

People

Legal personnel Religious personnel Government

Tags

Cunningham, Bill Lawyers Prisons Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century. Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Religion Court cases Berrigan Brothers Berrigan, Daniel Freedom of Information Act Berrigan, Philip Poindexter, Edward Black Panther Party COINTELPRO Counter Intelligence Program

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