Category Civil Rights

July 27, 1967 – LBJ Addresses The Summer Of Violence – Cities Under Siege.

– President Johnson Address regarding riots – July 27, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a country teetering on the edge of burning down. Cities engulfed in flame and violence. Civil disorder spread from coast to coast, it…

July 21, 1965 – The Simmering Dog Days Of Summer – Fact Finding Missions – No Life On Mars

CBS World News Roundup – July 21, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 57 years ago saw an escalation of things. An escalation of the War in Vietnam and an escalation in the violence in reaction to…

June 16, 1945 – With An Eye On Human Rights – San Francisco Conference. Post-War Europe.

  Report From The San Francisco Conference – June 16, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the San Francisco Conference just days away from closing, a charter was being drawn up for adoption, a new name was given and…

May 27, 1947 – Among The Subjects: Lynching – Recovery In Europe – What To Do About Moscow.

– ABC News Of Tomorrow – May 27, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some people may find it strange and unbelievable that, as late as 1947 the subject of Lynching and introducing anti-Lynching Laws was still very much…

Getting An Education In The South – May 6, 1956

– American Forum – Trouble In The South – May 6, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In 1954, the landmark Brown v. Board Of Education paved the way for school desegregation in the U.S. – compliance was slow. But…

Dr. Martin Luther King

A Word Or Two From Dr. Martin Luther King – Youth And Social Action 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room:Birthday Edition

Today marks the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so to commemorate his birthday, and to honor his memory and his work, here is one of a series of lectures Dr. King gave for the CBC in Canada in…

post-war and Polio

1955 – The Year Of Paranoia And Polio Shots – Past Daily’s Long Look Back: This Was 1955.

– CBS Radio – This Was 1955 – December 30, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Starting our look at year-ends gone by – here is what December 30th 1955 sounded like. Another set of notches in the Cold…

HUAC Hearings - 1947

November 2, 1947 – HUAC – Impugning Morals, Tarnishing Names – Hollywood Goes To A Witch Hunt –

– The Story Behind The Headlines – November 2, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Described variously as A Sinister Circus Atmosphere, the House Un-American Activities Committee got underway in Washington. Set out to prove allegations that Hollywood was…