May 20, 1990 – Sammy Davis Jr. – Jim Henson – A Week Loaded With Loss
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Category: Black History
May 12, 1974 – Civil Rights, School Segregation And Watergate
May 12, 1974 – Issues And Answers: Barbara Jordan, Charles Rangel, Andrew Young – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 12, 1974 – a Sunday that year. And as with most all Sundays, the day for observing, speculating and recalling, and the day for Sunday Talk Shows. This one; ABC’s
April 27, 1970 – Black Journal – Nation Of Islam – Elijah Muhammed – Max Roach – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room.
Black Journal – giving voice to the inner-city – casting light – raising consciousness. Before it became PBS there was National Educational Television (NET). In the late 1960s and early 1970s, American television was undergoing a slow but consequential transformation. Amid a media landscape still dominated by white perspectives, programs
Jesse Jackson – 1941-2026 – Past Daily Tribute.
Jesse Jackson – his job was done. With the sad news of Jesse Jackson’s passing earlier today – a reminder of how vital his voice and actions were during a time of turbulence and upheaval. His relentless energy and service to the cause of humanity. His example has become the
A Few Words From H. Rap Brown – 1968 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
In 1968 America was turning a corner – it was a country on edge. It was a country experiencing an intense upheaval. It was, for all intents and purposes, a year where America had to choose sides; being part of the problem or being part of the solution. It was
An Interview With John Wideman – 1969 – Past Daily: “Talking About . . .”
John Edgar Wideman, in a sitdown interview recorded in approximately 1969. John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the
Kansas City Underwater – Josephine Baker And Racism In A Restaurant – July 17, 1951
– July 17, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and the News With Don Hollenbeck – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1951. The big news concerned the devastating floods sweeping over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and
James Brown – Lausanne – 1973 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
James Brown And His Famous Flames – Live in Lausanne Switzerland – 1973 – Swiss Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Getting Thursday and our sprint to the weekend up to speed with a classic concert by the legendary James Brown, recorded in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1973. Anyone who
Civil Rights Progress Report – 1960 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Civil Rights Progress Report: 1960 – The Open Mind – NBC – Feb. 21, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The state of Civil Rights in 1960. Some six years after Brown v. Board of Education. Six years after the famous Rosa Parks bus protest and the ensuing
Otis Redding – Stockholm 1967 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Legends this morning. The immortal Otis Redding, in concert from Stockholm and recorded by the venerable Sveriges Radio in 1967. It’s been said, and rightly so, that Otis Redding was one of the greatest singers in the history of American Popular Music, and was one of the seminal figures in