Archive for the 'Conventions' Category
Vatican Meltdown – 1964 – Past Daily Reference Room.
• March 11, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1960's, Commentators, Conflicts, Conventions, Disconnect, Disputes, Italian Politics, Italy, Organized Religion, Past Daily Reference Room, Politics, Religion, The Pope, The Vatican, Union Busting, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, Women, Women's Rights, World News
Tags: Catholic Church, CBS Drama, Pope, Pope Paul VI, Rome, Second Vatican Council, Vatican, Winston Burdett
“Brilliant Mind – Nasty Person” – March 4, 1950
• March 4, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1950's, American Labor Movement, Americana, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cold War, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Conflicts, Congress, Conventions, Corruption, Day in history, Democracy, Democrats, Disconnect, Disputes, economy, Education, Elections, Emerging Nations, Foreign Policy, Harry S. Truman, Henry Wallace, History, Labor, Mc Carthy era, Mid-Century America, News reports, Newscast, Past Daily, Politics, Popular Culture, Post World War 2, Presidents, Protest Movements, Quality of Life, Radio, Red Scare, Scandals, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unions, Unreleased recordings, Veterans, Vintage Recordings, War, Week In History, White Collar Crime, World News
Tags: coldwar, England, Henry Wallace, John L. Lewis, Klaus Fuchs, Norman Thomas, Rebecca West, Walter Reuther
1968: Year Of Revolution – Past Daily Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly Edition.
• December 26, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1960's, 1968, 60's Radicals, Astronauts, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cities, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Civil War, Cold War, Commentators, Communists, Conflicts, Congress, Conventions, Corruption, Counterculture, Coup d'Etat, Crime, Day in history, Democracy, Democrats, Desegregation, Dictator, Disconnect, Disputes, Documentaries, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Elections, Emerging Nations, Generation Gap, Gun violence, Independence Movements, Mid-Century America, Middle Class, News reports, Nixon, Non-Violence, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Police, Politics, Popular Culture, Poverty, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Pro-Democracy, Protest Movements, Psychedelia, Quality of Life, Racial unrest, Radio, Republicans, Riots, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, Spaceflight, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, United Nations, Veterans, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, Violence, World News, Year-end Review
Tags: 1968, Audio Player, Christmas, December 1968, Earth, France, Holiday, Moon, NBC, NBC Radio, Paris, Politics, Protest, Protest Movements, Strikes, Year-end, Year-end Review
JFK Addresses The AFL-CIO Convention – December 7, 1961
• December 8, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1960's, American Labor Movement, Americana, Broadcasts, Cold War, Communists, Conventions, Corporate America, Day in history, Democracy, Deregulation, economy, Education, John F. Kennedy, Labor, Middle Class, Past Daily, Presidents, Quality of Life, Small business, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, Uncategorized, Unions
Tags: 1961, AFL–CIO, Education, History, JFK, Labor, Pres. Kennedy, President, President Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Trade union, United States
1956 Elections – Arguing The Fine Points Of Peace And Prosperity – Past Daily Reference Room
• September 18, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1950's, Americana, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Civil unrest, Cold War, Communist China, Communists, Conflicts, Congress, Conventions, Democracy, Democrats, Disconnect, Disputes, economy, Education, Eisenhower, Emerging Nations, Festivals, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Depression, Harry S. Truman, History, Mc Carthy era, Mid-Century America, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Pollution, Post World War 2, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Pundits, Republicans, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Veterans, Vintage Recordings, World News
Tags: 1956, current-events, Democrats, Eisenhower, george craig, Peace, Politics, Presidential election, presidential election season, Presidential elections, prosperity, Republicans
FDR Accepts The Nomination – 1932 Democratic Convention – Past Daily Reference Room
• September 6, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930's, Broadcasts, Conventions, Democracy, Democrats, economy, Elections, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Depression, History, New Deal, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings
Tags: 1932 Democratic Conventioin, acceptance speech, acceptance speeches, Chicago, Convention, Conventions, Democratic Conventions, Deocrats, Depression, economy, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal, Past Daily Reference Room, Political convention, Roosevelt, speech, Unemployment
FDR – 1920 Vice-Presidential Acceptance Speech – Past Daily Reference Room
• September 5, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in Conventions, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, History, Past Daily Reference Room, Presidential Elections
Tags: 1917, 1920, 1920 Democratic Convention, 1920 election, address, America, Americanism, Convention, Conventions, Democrat, Democrats, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Cox, nomination, Political, Politics, Presidential election, speech, vice-President, World War 1
1960 Democratic Convention Preview – Past Daily Reference Room
• September 4, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1960's, Broadcast Concert, Broadcast Journalism, Commentators, Conventions, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, LBJ, Los Angeles, News reports, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Uncategorized
Tags: 1960 Convention, Adlai Stevenson, Convention, Conventions, Democrats, Historic audio, History, JFK, John F. Kennedy, LBJ, Los Angeles, Lyndon Johnson, nomination, Political Conventions, Politics, radio broadcast
Republican Convention 1940 – Wendell Wilkie Acceptance Speech – Past Daily Reference Room
• August 31, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940's, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Commentators, Conventions, Democracy, Elections, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Republicans, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings
Tags: 1940 election, acceptance speech, CBS, CBS News, CBS Radio, Commentary, Commentator, Commentators, Convention, Conventions, delegates, Election, Elections, nomination, Political parties, Presidential Candidate, Presidential election, Republican, Republicans, Robert Trout, Wendell Wilkie
No Knight – No Magic Wand: An Interview With Barbara Jordan -1975 – Past Daily Reference Room
• March 29, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1970's, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cities, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Conflicts, Congress, Conventions, Corruption, Democracy, Desegregation, Disconnect, Disputes, Education, Elections, Interviews, Jimmy Carter, Middle Class, Nixon, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Politics, Presidents, Protest Movements, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Watergate
Tags: Barbara Jordan, Democratic National Convention, Jordan, Paul Duke, President of the United States, United States, University of Texas at Austin, Watergate scandal