Category Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

A Few Words From Shirley Chisholm – 1972 – Speaking Of Candidates – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – 30 Minutes with: Shirley Chisholm – April 28, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the announcement this past Sunday of Hillary Clinton’s intentions to run for…

The Women’s Movement – 1970 – Past Daily: Weekend Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC: Now Program – The Women’s Movement – May 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Since today is International Women’s Day – and since much of…

The Dream And The Reality – The State Of Civil Rights In America – 1987 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Newsmark – The Dream And The Realty – Martin Luther King – January 18, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Three years after it was…

The Neglect Of Reading – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

  . . .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…

Courting The Youth Vote In The 70s – Walter Cronkite – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Walter Cronkite News and Analysis – October 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When the 26th Amendment to the Constitution went into effect in July of 1971, everyone thought the…

Of Coke Cans And Long Dong Silver – The Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings October 12, 1991 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR – Special Coverage – Senate Hearings – Anita Hill – October 12, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was thought to be a veritable walk-in-the-park, President Bush’s nomination…

A Festival Of Hate And Bad Feeling – The Peekskill Riots – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – reports on Peekskill riots – August 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Maybe it’s Summer. Maybe it’s August. But the amount of rage and mayhem taking place…

Youth In A Changing World – 1965 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio Special – Youth In A Changing World – March 9 ,1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As happens with seemingly every generation, every generation preceding the current one expresses…