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  [Studs interview tapes 2 and 3]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Raw interview footage of Studs Terkel at the Newberry Library. Terkel is being interviewed for a Chicago-oriented program.

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  [Bughouse Square debates]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  CAN-TV coverage of the Bughouse Square Debates at Washington Square Park in Chicago in July 2001. The event, a free speech forum, traces its history to the early twentieth century when soapbox orators, beatnik poets and radicals gathered at the park to rant and rave. Generally, the video is a static shot of the podium with occasional cutaways to the crowd.

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  The Speaker’s Millennium Lecture with Studs Terkel

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Studs Terkel is the guest at the Speaker’s Millennium Lecture 2001, held at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives House Chamber in Harrisburg, PA. Terkel gives a lecture on the importance of remembering history and answers questions from the audience about a variety of subjects.

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  I Remember, episode #114

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  A 2002 Milwaukee Public Television produced series “I Remember” featuring a half hour interview with Studs Terkel. Jim Peck interviews Terkel on location in Chicago.

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  Kulturzeit extra: Studs Terkel

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  German video of an interview done with Studs Terkel in Chicago. Terkel talks about various issues, wars, and his books.

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  [Rocking the Boat: Studs Terkel’s 20th Century rough cut]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  Documentary on activism and the labor movement.

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  Bus Riders Union

  Studs Terkel

  Documentary about an activist group called the Bus Riders Union. Their focus is on improving the public transportation system in Los Angeles. The bus system there is in a sorry state. Busses are overcrowded. A rider will routinely see three busses pass her by, completely full, before being able to board. Handicapped riders find that the lift system on most busses is broken. Many riders need to take three or more busses to arrive at their destinations, and late night service on some routes is discontinued without any notice. On top of this, the MTA was planning a massive fare increase and focusing their energy on subways and trains that are costly and benefit mainly upper class white people. The B.R.U. views this struggle over Los Angeles busses as the new civil rights battle. The bus system is utilized almost exclusively by minorities and low income residents. Since the busses are so unreliable, workers are not able to predictably arrive on time and therefore have trouble holding jobs. This means that an already disadvantaged segment of the population is being further held back. Kikanza Ramsey, B.R.U. organizer, describes her organization as “an experiment to see if we can create a multi-racial, bi-lingual, gender-balanced mass movement of working class people.” The tape follows the legal struggles of the group throughout the 90’s as they battle with the city and the MTA for service improvements.

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  [Studs Terkel on sports, part 1]

  Cubs, NHPRC, Sports, Studs Terkel, White Sox

  This is the first half of an interview with Studs Terkel on the golden age of baseball. Various subjects in the footage include: the Black Sox Scandal, Bill Veeck, and Babe Ruth.