Section D-Archive \ MS-667
Contains 68 Results:
"Like It Is," Episode #233, Interview with Rosa Parks, 1979 May 11, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Rosa Parks, mother of the Freedom Movement, to discuss her beginning in the fight for civil rights.
"Like It Is," Episode #240, Interview with Flo Kennedy, 1979 June 29, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Flo Kennedy, a nationally known feminist, attorney, and lecturer on minority and women's issues, founder of the Feminist Party and the National Organization for Women, to discuss equal rights for women and minorities.
"Like It Is," Episode #302, Interview with Maya Angelou, 1979 Oct 9, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Maya Angelou, actress, author, and poet, to discuss the responsibilities of blacks.
"Like It Is," Episode #329, Interview with Holmes Braddock, 1980 Apr 29, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Holmes Braddock, member of the Board of Education, Dade County Schools, Miami, Florida, to discuss quality education. In the late 1960s, Braddock led an effort to desegregate schools in the district.
"Like It Is," Episode #330, Interview with Julian Bond, 1980 May 6, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Julian Bond, a Georgia state senator, to discuss critical issues facing the black community. In the early 1960s, Bond helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
"Like It Is," Episode #331, Interview with Benjamin Hooks, 1980 May 13, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), to discuss the NAACP and the black community.
"Like It Is," Episode #332, Interview with Louis Stokes, 1980 May 20, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Congressman Louis Stokes, representative for Ohio's 21st Congressional District (Cleveland), to discuss politics in the 1980s.
"Like It Is," Episode #333, Interview with Anne S. Pruitt, 1980 May 27, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Dr. Anne S. Pruitt, Associate Dean of the Ohio State University Graduate School, and member of the Central State University Board of Trustees, to discuss the changing role of the black woman.
"Like It Is," Episode #334, Interview with Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, 1980 June 3, Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Judge Leon Higginbotham, of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, to discuss the federal court system. Higginbotham was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal court judge. He was the first African-American United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
"Like It Is," Episode #338, Interview with Nikki Giovanni, [1980 June?], Digitized 2022 July
Interview with Nikki Giovanni, author and poet. This interview takes place outdoors, rather than in the studio.