Pushing An Unpopular Cause, Making An Unconvincing Case – Dean Rusk – July 30, 1967
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July 13, 1977 – New York Has A(nother) Blackout
July 13-14, 1977 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sometime around 8:30 that evening on July 13, 1977, New York City was plunging into a blackout – the second time since the fabled Blackout Of 1965. This time a lightning strike was the culprit, according
July 13, 1983 – The IRA And The Death Penalty – Chanting In Santiago – A Computer That (Sort Of) Talks.
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May 4, 1970 – Kent State: Killing Season 1970
Hard to imagine 56 years ago the conversation regarding the Vietnam War took an abrupt turn – but the abrupt turn was in a violent way. Prior to this, the Anti-War movement had been largely peaceful, and growing in numbers. The straw came in the form of a U.S. led
April 20, 1979 – Rhodesia Heads To The Polls
April 20, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day of sweeping changes, April 20th, 1979 – although at the time it didn’t seem that way. The free elections in Rhodesia were regarded as a footnote, almost an afterthought on many news programs. But
Do We Need A New Foreign Policy? 1950 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
American Forum Of The Air – July 9, 1950 – Do We Need A New Foreign Policy? – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The endless debate on U.S. Foreign Policy, the political wrangling and the blind-sidedness – it would seem to be our legacy going back to the beginning of
Emotions And World Problems – 1948 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly everywhere around the world is part of a new phenomenon – the issues and the political climate
American Thinking On Crime – 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
When the findings of the Johnson Administration’s Commission On Crime In America was released in 1967, it didn’t come as much surprise to most people. In 1967, America was becoming an increasingly violent country. With a dramatic rise in Urban violence, the anti-War protests, the Civil Rights struggle,
January 29, 2000 – Rumble In Davos – Flight 800 Lawsuits – Sick Of Winter
– CBS Radio News – January 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 26 years ago, on January 29, 2000 the news was about protestors disrupting the Economic Summit in Davos Switzerland, where President Clinton was scheduled to make an address and where questions regarding the U.S. government’s acknowledgement that
Dick Gregory Has A Word Or Two About Race And Politics 1968 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Dick Gregory – Interview from NET: Newsfront – April 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dick Gregory – whose popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a mainstream comedian was traded in for a career as a political activist, was one of the most outspoken and