"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio: Searching Part 2 – 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing with the second episode of this 13 part radio series from the CBC in…
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The People Act – July 1, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ever since the end of World War 2, the growth in population of the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC – An Interview With Susan Sontag – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I originally ran across this rare interview with Author/filmmaker/activist Susan Sontag with the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The 70s – A Look Ahead – January 11, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 70s. Compared to the 60s it was uncharted territory. There was…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News – 1969: The Year Of The Mayors – Dec. 28, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. For all that was positive and revolutionary about the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – America’s Town Meeting – Can We Depend On Youth To Follow The American Way? – April 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The age-old question; leaving…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Options In Education – Illiteracy In America – 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I guess, despite advances in technology, the age-old problem of Illiteracy continues…
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Chicago University Roundtable – The Neglect of Reading – 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even in 1957 Americans were reading less. Not the rest of the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: National Town Meeting – Equality and Excellence – October 23, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 70s were an interesting year in the history of the Civil Rights Movement.…