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Studs Terkel plays selections from Alan Lomax's collection
Dec. 14, 1960
Interviewing Alan Lomax (language warning)
Oct. 1, 1994
Discussing the book "Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie" with the author, historian and critic Albert Murray
Feb. 21, 1986
Interview with St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Lorenzo Turner
Apr. 27, 1966
Discussing "Afro-American cross-currents" and interviewing St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Professor Lorenzo Turner.
Discussing the book "Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s" with author and jazz historian Ira Gitler
Feb. 1, 1986
Lawrence Cohn discusses his book Nothing But the Blues: The Music and Musicians
Dec. 20, 1993
The originator of the Roots ‘N’ Blues series and Grammy winner and nominee Lawrence Cohn discusses his latest work which focuses on the life and times of blues and the musicians that helped the genre become what it is today.
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.