"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
President Eisenhower News Conference – July 6, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Eisenhower gives a news conference. This one, from July 6, 1955 was his 73rd since taking office. No Press Secretaries, no spokespeople, nobody running flack…
Meet The Press – Terry Sanford, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke – December 1, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Democrats and Presidential elections. In 1974 a potential victory was handed to the party on a platter; the resignation of President…
July 7, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 7, 1978 – Wholesale Prices were still going up, to the tune of 7/10% in June, with Food prices leading the way at %1.1, owing…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live in Dakar, Senegal – April 9, 1966 – Radio France Duke Ellington this weekend – yesterday would have been his 118th birthday (April 29, 1899), and to commemorate that, I thought I…
April 18, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 18, 2000 – Wall Street on the rebound for the second day as a feeding frenzy pushed the Dow up to new heights.…
April 10, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 10, 1989 – A day full of protests – one loud but peaceful – one peaceful but deadly. In the Soviet republic of Georgia, a…
The Byrds – In Concert at The Avalon Ballroom – November 2, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Byrds this weekend. In a concert recorded at The Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on November 2, 1968. By…
February 3, 1988 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 3, 1988 – and on Capitol Hill, debate was raging back and forth over President Reagan‘s aid package to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Reagan had…
Harry S. Truman – Address In Chicago – May 15, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1950 was an off-year election. But following the legendary “do-nothing 80th Congress”, the 81st Congress was a step in the right direction, and…
Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren – Interviewed by Abram Sachar – May 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With all the controversy surrounding the proposed appointment of a Supreme Court Justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia, and…