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Assignment America

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EP101 Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh Jan 07, 1975

Studs Terkel interviewed 36 year old Sadlowski, director of the largest district of the United Steelworkers of America Union and the nation’s newest spokesman for union democracy.

EP104 Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker Jan 28, 1975

The man often considered the best living science-fiction writer was interviewed by Maya Angelou with talk centering on abstract concepts of the relationship between science, religion and magic.

EP108 Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look Feb 25, 1975

Maya Angelou visited controversial black radical and former professor Angela Davis at her home, and discussed her childhood, her time in prison and the role of the black woman in the women’s movement.

EP119 Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son May 13, 1975

Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.
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Released: 01 January 0001 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist George Will and populist chronicler Studs Terkel. Each program featured one of the four in a 30-minute film or videotape report on someone who contributed to the ideas and issues of America.

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