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Studs, teachers and students have a conversation at a high school where there is controversy over the use of the book "Working"
1982 Discussing the controversy over the use of the book "Working" by author Studs Terkel in a senior vocational class. Interviews with Kay Nichols, teacher, and two high school classes, as well as Bob Burns and Jim Richardson. The students talk of how the "bad" language in the book is heard from their peers on a daily basis and they don't find it offensive. [recorded in Girard, Pennsylvania]
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Studs Terkel comments and delivers Francis Parker high school commencement address
1968 Terkel comments and delivers Francis Parker high school commencement address
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Johnny shares his thoughts about the neighborhood ; part 1
1968 Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Fourteen year-old Johnny attends Harrison High School. When asked if he were God & what changes he would make, Johnny replied he'd see to it that Black people remain on the their side of town.
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Young men talk with Fred Christy; Earl talks with Studs Terkel ; speech and singing at a meeting
1968 Studs Terkel interviews Fred Christy about how he hopes to change the young lives of African-American. He also travels with Fred to places of African-American community.
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The Walawa Basies talk with Studs Terkel ; part 1
Jan. 14, 1969 Studs Terkel interviews the members of the Walawa Basies: Kelvin Strong, Orlando Lucas, Levon Campbell, and Justine Cordwell. This is an Interview done in two parts
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The Walawa Basies talk with Studs Terkel ; part 2
Jan. 14, 1969 Studs Terkel interviews the members of the Walawa Basies: Kelvin Strong, Orlando Lucas, and Levon Campbell.
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Interviewing students at Metro High School on the Near North Side of Chicago
1970 Metro High School on the Near North Side of Chicago is only one of three high schools in the country that operates without walls and uses the resources of the city for learning. Four students convey how marine biology is taught at the Shed Aquarium, radio production at WIMD, TV production at Dick Barnett studio WMAQ, drafting at architectural firms and blue collar jobs at factories.
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Kelly Swenson and kids discuss the Arts Lab Movement created by Jim Haynes ; part 1
The Arts Lab Movement was created by Jim Haynes in 182 Drury Lane, London. Studs Terkel interviews Kelly Swenson.
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Kelly Swenson and kids discuss the Arts Lab Movement created by Jim Haynes ; part 2
The Arts Lab Movement was created by Jim Haynes in 182 Drury Lane, London. Studs Terkel interviews Kelly Swenson and the kids.
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Discussing the young vs. adults with teenagers at Saint Timothy Elementary School
1970 Studs Terkel presents a roundtable conversation with children ranging from ages 13-17. They discuss relationships with their family members, other students, growing up in Chicago, and race relations in the U.S.