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Discussing the book "By Design: Why there are no locks on the bathroom doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and other object lessons" with designer and author Ralph Caplan. Includes an interview with George Nelson.
Stephen B. Oates discusses his book "Let the Trumpets Sound: A Biography of Martin Luther King;" 2 short excerpts played during the program: one of Terkel interviewing Martin Luther King and another of E.D. Nixon speaking about MLK.
Discussing the book "Making Gay History: The Struggle For Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990: An Oral History" (published by Harper Collins) with the author, journalist Eric Marcus.