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June 11, 1963 – Alabama Face-Off – George Wallace, Nicholas Katzenbach And School Desegregation

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June 11, 2013

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Nancy Vieira – Live At Africa Festival 2013 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Back over to Wurzburg tonight for another wonderful entry in the 2013 Africa Festival. This time with the radiant Nancy Vieira from Cape Verde. Vieira’s music is as much a…

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June 10, 2013
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Drama, More Drama And The Cod War – News For Week Ending June 7, 1976

Click on the link here for Audio Player: For the week ending on June 7th in 1976 the world was witness to seemingly more than its fair of drama and strife. But in reality, it was just another…

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June 7, 2013

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June 4, 1961 – The Wages Of Foreign Policy – The Price Of A Man On The Moon

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June 4, 2013

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No Miracle. No Wonder. Just Drama – May 31, 1947

Click on the link here for Audio Player: A day fairly overflowing with drama, but for different reasons and in different parts of Planet Earth for this last day of May in 1947. Starting with news that the…

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May 31, 2013

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Class of ’53 – Teenagers Of The 50s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sixty years ago, almost to the day, America was muddling over the question “what’s happening to today’s youth?” – Crime was up, juvenile delinquency was up, unwanted pregnancies were up,…

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May 27, 2013

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May 6, 1981 – Bobby Sands: When The Hunger Strike Goes Very Wrong.

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