Category Civil Rights

Pete Seeger Has A Word Or Two About TV Censorship In 1967 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

Become a member and make a difference: Become a Patron! NET – Newsfront – Interview with Pete Seeger regarding Smothers Brothers censorship – Sept.13, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Certainly no stranger to controversy, Pete Seeger had more than…

Barbara Jordan and Charles Rangel

Congressional Black Caucus Weighs In On Watergate – 1974 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

– Congressional Black Caucus – ABC News Issues and Answers – May 13, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate and the scandal overtaking the Nixon White House had dominated the news and preoccupied the thoughts of much of…

Jackson

Jackson Mississippi: Second Night Of Riots – Latest Ground Fighting In Vietnam – U Thant: Vietnam War “Phase Leading Up To World War 3” – May 11, 1967

Being a member/subscriber has its perks: Become a Patron! A day full of strife, this May 11th in 1967. Rioting Black students seized control of the Jackson State College campus area, driving police back with a barrage of stones and…

The Eisenhower years
Gospel Singer Rev. James Cleveland

Gospel Music In America 1974 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry

Being a Patron has its advantages: Become a Patron! – NPR: Options – Gospel Music In America – 1974 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gospel Music in America. A long, engrossing history of a music which has…

Nina Simone

Nina Simone – Live in Amsterdam 1965 – Past Daily Downbeat

– Nina Simone – Live at Mickery Theatre, Loenersloot – Netherlands – December 25, 1965 – VPRO/VARA – Few artists have made such an impact on contemporary society as Nina Simone. Deeply rooted in Jazz, Nina Simone was embraced as…

Bosnia

Bosnia: Another Day In Hell – February 5, 1994

CBS World News Roundup – February 5, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, 30 years ago, February 5, 1994 had much to do with the ongoing nightmare called Bosnia where bombing killed some 40 people, with…