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Studs interviews Gilbert Moses about the Free Southern Theatre that performed throughout Mississippi depicting the lives of Southern blacks. Moses describes the audiences and their reactions to the plays and their own participation in acting out their lives.
Studs interviews a white student on the Auburn University campus after a Civil Rights march. The student explains that he is there to be sure a white face is present and to stand up for democracy. He describes the event and speaks to his family background. The student expresses the experience of black students on the integrated campus and how it has changed. (Tape 6, part 2)
Author William Bradford Huie discusses his book "Three Lives for Mississippi;" reads passages from book.
Discussing the book "A handful of clients" and interviewing the author Elmer Gertz.
McGrath works in the Los Angeles, California area defending the civil rights of the Mexican American community.
The Southern Baptist minister and civil rights activist joins Studs to talk about his book, Brother to a Dragonfly, and to reflect on the loss of his brother Joe.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Virginia Collins said her grandfather believed if the parish communities could afford to provide a white teacher for white school children, then the parishes of Black communities must do the same for the Black children. Collins also talks about her son Walter's legal case and his being in jail for violating six counts of induction to the army.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Southern Poverty Law Center founder and attorney Morris Dees discusses his career and pursuit of ending racism. Some cases associated with Morris Dees include NAACP v. Dothard and Person v. Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Discussing UC Berkeley's Free Speech Movement with Richard "Skip" Richeimer. There is no free speech at UC Berkeley and the university is no longer concerned with the students and the faculty on this matter. Richeimer says the main problem is whether the administration of the university has the right to control the content of speech.