Thomas, Arthur E.

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Interview with Mrs. Jackie Jackson, wife of Jesse Jackson, to discuss the civil rights movement, as well as labor issues and militarism in America, and other topics.

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Interview with Judge Alice O. McCollum, of the Dayton Municipal Court, to discuss racism and sexism that McCollum experienced as a university student, her experiences as a judge, and other topics. McCollum was the first female judge in the Dayton Municipal Court.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.” Series I, III-V contain mostly paper...

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Interview with William A. Dupree, Superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools, Vice President of the Central State University Board of Trustees, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Urban League, to discuss the welfare system as it relates to the public education system, as well as the role of public education in society in general, among other topics concerning education.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.” Series I, III-V contain mostly paper...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.” Series I, III-V contain mostly paper...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.” Series I, III-V contain mostly paper...

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Interview with Rev. Tyrone Crider, Associate Minister of the First Baptist Church in Melrose Park, Illinois, and National Youth Director for Operation PUSH.

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The majority of this episode features a speech by the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Central State University on the topic of black colleges. (The recording also includes a snippet of a 1979 interview at the end, as the tape appears to have been reused.)

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Interview with musician Larry Troutman, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, member ofthe Dayton funk band Zapp, and President of Troutman Enterprises (a recording production company among other things), to discuss the music industry, the impact of drugs on the industry, the success of the Troutman brothers, and how the black community might succeed as well.