00 / 00 Interviewing lawyer and alderman, Leon Despres. Depres's district was the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago BROADCAST: Feb. 3, 1975 | DURATION: 00:53:21 Details Broadcast Date Feb. 3, 1975 Physical Format 1 sound tape reel (ca. 56.26 min.) : 10 1/2 in. Duration 53 minutes, 21 seconds Digital Format WAV Ownership The Chicago History Museum Language English Topics Civil Rights African American History & Culture Chicago Urban Life People Legal personnel Tags Despres Leon Mathis, 1908---Interviews Lawyers--Illinois--Chicago. Civil rights--Illinois. Housing--Illinois. Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government Audiotapes. Radio programs. Despres, Leon Mathis, 1908-, interviewee WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Related Programs Interviewing Jimmy Collier, Jim Orange and Diane Smith of the Freedom singers ; part 3 Dec. 31, 1959 Interviewing the Freedom singers ; part 1 1964 Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago ; part 3 1968 Garrett O'Connor discusses "Reflections in the rubble." Feb. 1, 1970 Igor Youskevitch talks with Studs Terkel Dec. 1, 1959 Interviewing author and civil rights worker Anne Braden Apr. 30, 1979