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  Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  The Glenview Community Church Adult Education Board presents Studs Terkel speaking about his new book Will the Circle Be Unbroken? featuring “reflections on death, rebirth, and hunger for faith.” Terkel speaks to a packed church in Glenview, IL.

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  My American Century

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Journalist Bill Kovach interviews Studs Terkel at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Education Forum. Professor and sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot gives an introduction.

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  [Studs On A Soapbox raw: Mirko #2]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage of an interview for the program “Studs On A Soapbox.” Tom Weinberg interviews Studs Terkel on his back porch at his residence in Chicago. This is the second half of the interview in which Terkel and Weinberg discuss ageism and the current state of politics in the U.S.

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  [Studs Terkel with Bill Veeck at Billy Goat Tavern]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Sports, Studs Terkel, Tom Weinberg, Video Makers Choice

  Studs Terkel and Bill Veeck sit down for a beer at Billy Goat Tavern to talk about Solidarity Day and the condition of unions today.

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  [Chicago Slices raw : Marc Smith]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Outside Agitators

  Raw footage for Chicago Slices, featuring Marc Smith, founder of the Poetry Slam, at the Green Mill. Brigid Murphy interviews Smith inside the Green Mill, followed by Smith performing two poems.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #27]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox team in the pre-season. Sunday Night #3.

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  Fantastic Fifties

  Chicago, White Sox

  This is a video of a program called “Fantastic Fifties” that aired on WGN in the late 1950s. An unidentified host takes the viewer through some of the highlights of the late fifties including: Chicago’s rise to becoming a major sea port, highlights of memorable Chicago sports moments, and various popular news stories of the decade.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Wanda And Lilli #1]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices

  This tape is a raw interview shot for “Chicago Slices.” Valjean McLenighan interviews her mother and godmother, Wanda McLenighan and Lilian Bender. The two women, who have been friends since 1914, travel to their old neighborhood and talk about their childhood growing up in the Ukranian Village. Wanda and Lilian go on to visit the schools that they attended during their childhood and teenage years. Later in the video, the three women eat lunch at a Polish restaurant.