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February 12, 1979 - Piece for Black History Month on Frederick Douglas
February 14, 1979 - Ossie Davis, actor and author, talks about black oral tradition at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth on March 29, 1978.Originally aired on WSCD's The Saturday Show.
February 15, 1979 - Poets Joe and Nancy Paddock share their impressions on the sale of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Taunton Minnesota. Also speaking are Vicki Sturgeon and other church members.
February 23, 1979 -
February 27, 1979 - Ossie Davis on Black oral cultural traditions. Black actor and screenwriter Ossie Davis uses personal examples to explain the importance of the oral tradition in Black culture. From a lecture given at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth on March 29, 1978. Originally aired on WSCD's The Saturday Show.This tape runs higher in pitch than the original. One of three cuts: Br'er Rabbit (12:08), Early Literature (12:08), and Black Ministers (15:57). This copy suffers from tape damage in Br'er Rabbit at around 11:00.
March 1, 1979 - Former Black Panther and political activist Bobby Seale speaking at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse. Black activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale speaks at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse, describing what should be done to improve the lives of poor, black, and other minorities in the United States. He organized and is the director of Advocates Scene, a group that works to represent the 60 million poor, black and minority people in the U.S.
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March 4, 1979 - Sorenson's address to the Macalester Vietnam symposium followed by a question and answer session. Topic is Vietnam's effect on the presidency. Hosted by John Ydstie.Theodore Sorenson, former aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, speaks on the effect of Vietnam on the Presidency. Sorenson's speech is part of a week-long symposium at Macalester College in St. Paul on "The Vietnam Experience and America Today."
March 5, 1979 - Highlights from a 10-day symposium on "The Vietnam Experience and America today" held at Macalester College in St. Paul, with talks by anti-war activist Daniel Berrigan and Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to president John Kennedy. Also comments from Eugene McCarthy, Gloria Emerson, and Minnesotans involved with the anti-war movement.
March 6, 1979 - Panel discussion was part of the 10 day conference held at Macalester College under the heading "The Vietnam Experience and America Today". Panel members include Peter Braestrup, correspondent for The New York Times and The Washington Post and founding editor of the Wilson Quarterly; Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize winning journalist for the Associated Press; Dave Moore, Twin Cities anchorman for WCCO; Ronald Ross, editorial writer and former Asian correspondent for the Minneapolis Tribune. Charles Bailey, editor of the Minneapolis Tribune was panel moderator.