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Judy Hough, Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and Jimmy White talk with Studs Terkel Part 2
1968 Discussion of Division Street: America
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Hank De Zutter, Betty Jane Wagner, Barbara Kotto in conversation with Studs Terkel
Sep. 16, 1992 Discussing the Chicago Area Writing Project with authors and educators Hank De Zutter, Betty Jane Wagner and Barbara Kotto.
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Discussing the Prologue Alternative High School with Chris Daniels, Tanya Jones, Donna Brogan and Lenore Schuman.
Nov. 17, 1986 Prologue Alternative High School is a not-for-profit community-based organization that operates three alternative high schools in Chicago.
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Discussing "A Journey through Newberry library" and with Lawrence Towner
Sep. 28, 1964 about The Newberry Library
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Studs Terkel discusses gang life with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan
1969 Studs Terkel discusses gang life with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan, members of the Vice Lords, an urban street gang based in Chicago. Evans and Jordan were both born and grew up in Chicago.
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Darcy Frey reads from and discusses his book "The Last Shot"
Dec. 8, 1994 Basketball, subjects in school, and dreams of going pro are topics covered in Darcy Frey's book, "The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams." The main characters from Frey's book all come from impoverished backgrounds and if they can't make the pro's, they hope to break out of their current situations.
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Patrick Zimmerman discusses his teaching methods for childhood education in low-income neighborhoods ; part 2
Sep. 1, 1970 Former public school teacher Patrick Zimmerman continues discussing his alternative teaching methods for childhood education in low-income and underrepresented communities in Chicago. Zimmerman discusses how the scientific emphasis of schooling today is stifling a child’s success in the classroom and calls instead for a balance between a scientific approach and a free-school approach.
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Patrick Zimmerman discusses his teaching methods for childhood education in low-income neighborhoods ; part 1
Sep. 1, 1970 Former public school teacher Patrick Zimmerman discusses education and the free school movement for low-income and underrepresented communities in Chicago. Zimmerman discusses his time spent as a public school teacher and how this inspired his transition to teaching using alternative schooling methods in childhood education.
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Judy Nichol and seniors Jim and Kurt discuss drugs in high school
May. 8, 1973 As part of an on-going series, Chicago Sun Times reporter, Judy Nichol and her colleagues went to various high schools in Chicago and the suburbs to talk to students about drugs in the high schools. Lane Tech seniors Jim and Kurt said the reason they got into doing drugs was because of their peers and because they wanted to be a part of the crowd.
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R. Buckminster (Richard ) Fuller talks with Studs Terkel
Jan. 20, 1965 A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.