A Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967

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Woody Guthrie, American folk singer, born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912 and raised in Texas, moved to California during the Depression, where he met actor and activist Will Geer and toured migrant labor camps documenting conditions and injustices in the camps for The Light newspaper. He also performed on Los Angeles radio KFVD-LA, singing old-time ballads, some of which he updated with lyrics about contemporary issues. Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Lib...

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014

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Pete Seeger (1919-2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. As a member of the Weavers, Seeger was often heard on the radio in the early 1950s, most notably on their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene". In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes. A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have ...

Obama, Barack, 1961-

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Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States. Few presidents have walked a more improbable path to the White House. Born in Hawaii to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, Obama was raised with help from his grandparents, whose generosity of spirit reflected their Midwestern roots. The homespun values they instilled in him, paired with his innate sense of optimism, compelled Obama to devote his life to giving every child, regardless of his or her background, the same cha...

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

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Nelson Algren, original name Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was born on March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan and died May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. Algren's writings focused on the poor, inspired by routine naturalism and its vision of pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He captured the poetic essences of the city's underside: its jukebox pounding, distinguishable stench, and neon glare. Algren was raised in Chicago and later studied at the University of Illinois, where he graduated wit...

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

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Studs Terkel was born May 16, 1912, and died in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2008. Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre. From the description of It's a living, [videorecording], 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612307109 and the description of Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907330 ...

Lewis, Sydney 1952-

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Terkell, Dan

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Ehrich, Al

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Wexler, Haskell

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Wexler was born in Chicago, IL, June 2, 1922; attended Univ. of CA, Berkeley; made educational and industrial films before he started a career in cinematography (late 1950s); the recipient of two Academy Awards, his credits include, Medium Cool (1969), Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), In the heat of the night (1967), American graffiti (1973), One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975); has made a number of documentary films in various capacities including, The bus (1965), Interviews with My L...

Younger, Beverly, -1999

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WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)

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Ebert, Chaz

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Lawyer and entertainment manager Chaz Ebert was born on October 15, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois to Johnnie Hobbs Hammel and Wiley Hammel, Sr. She attended John M. Smyth Elementary School and Crane Technical High School in Chicago, Illinois and graduated in 1969. Ebert earned her B.A. degree in political science at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa in 1972. She then received her M.A. degree in social science at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville, Wisconsin. Ebert went o...

Young, Quentin, 1923-

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Dr. Quentin D. Young is a physician and a lifelong advocate and activist for social justice in healthcare policy. He was born in 1923 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois to Abe and Sarah Young and is a national figure in civil rights work, health care reform, anti-war protests, and many other liberal causes, working tirelessly to promote progressive causes for more than six decades. Young was the personal physician to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, former May...

Podewell, Polly

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Terkel, Ida, 1912-1999

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Wills, Garry, 1934-....

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Ebert, Roger.

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Popadić, Mirko

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Chicago cultural center

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De la Cerna, Miguel

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Helfer, Erwin

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Videopolis (Project)

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Lattimore, Jonita E.

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Kogan, Rick

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O'Reilly, Jamie

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Black, Timuel D.

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Timuel Black was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 7, 1918, but was raised in Chicago – a place he loves to call home. He is a revered and highly respected educator, political activist, community leader, oral historian and philosopher.After matriculating from Burke Elementary School and DuSable High School in Chicago, Black enrolled at Roosevelt University. There, he received his bachelor's degree. Black also later earned a master's degree from the University of Chicago. One of his first ...