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1. 20th Century - Generation Without a Cause, Part 1 & 2

   An examination of the attitudes and values of college students circa 1959. Robert Frost and Dr. Selman Waksman are interviewed and students at Rutgers University discuss their goals and aspirations. TV_01330-1 and TV_01330-2 in one file.

   Record Type: Television

   
2. 20th Century - Generation Without a Cause, Part 1 - Self Portrait

   An examination of the attitudes and values of college students circa 1959.

   Record Type: Television

   
3. 20th Century - Generation Without a Cause, Part 2 - The Searchers

   Robert Frost and Dr. Selman Waksman are interviewed and students at Rutgers University discuss their goals and aspirations.

   Record Type: Television

   
4. Adios Tristeza - La Solucion Famaliar

   Through a dramatization, families, especially immigrant families, are shown the benefits for which their older family members may qualify. A documentary produced in 1993. In Spanish with English subtitles.

   Record Type: Television

   
5. American Justice - A Soldier’s Secret

   This is a story about a man who loves another man and is killed for it. The killer and the victim are both in the military-they are roommates. The case is tried by a military court. Documentary produced by Tower Productions. Peabody Award Nominee 2004. Originally aired on A&E May 5, 2004.

   Record Type: Television

   
6. America's War on Poverty - Given a Chance (episode 2)

   This episode focuses on the Head Start program in Mississippi, and the battles which soon developed.

   Record Type: Television

   
7. Army Reports - #46 Keeping It All Together

   Equal opportunity is a basic tenant of life in the United States, and the Army.

   Record Type: Television

   
8. As We See It - Little Rock Central High School

   A remarkable story of growth at the once infamous Little Rock Central High School is told through the eyes of three sets of students from each period of change, the late 1950's, the late 1960's, and the late 1970's. Narrated and produced by the class of 1978 at Central High. This program was awarded a 1979 Peabody Award. https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/little-rock-central-high-school/ The digitization of this program was made poss...

   Record Type: Television

   
9. Beating Justice

   An examination of the problem of police brutality in Chicago. The digitization of this program was made possible be a grant from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation.

   Record Type: Television

   
10. Black Pride

    Black business owners are profiled in this documentary that also features a sermon by Rev. Jesse Jackson.

    Record Type: Television

    
11. Channel 2: The People - The Dempsey T. Travis Story

    A biography of a leading black millionaire, featuring a discussion of his early days as a jazz musician and his struggles in the US Army. The program also deals with the NAACP in Chicago, Martin Luther King's open housing marches in the l960's, and Travis' reflections on his college days with Harold Washington. Reporter Harry Porterfield is host for this WBBM-TV public affairs series featuring successful and self-made African-American business...

    Record Type: Television

    
12. Corner of the Carpet

    Frank McGee examines the economic and moral cost of slums in Montgomery, Alabama. (Audio quality very poor during last few minutes of program). The digitization of this program was made possible be a grant from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation.

    Record Type: Television

    
13. Decision on 83rd St.

    A documentary about racial tensions in the small Chicago neighborhood of Marynook.

    Record Type: Television

    
14. Degree of Difference

    This documentary features an ominous look at two white supremacists, John Kaspar and Alabama State Senator Sam Engelhardt. The digitization of this program was made possible be a grant from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation.

    Record Type: Television

    
15. Detroit Riot Coverage - Recorded 1/9/1968 (according to title slate)

    Dramatic coverage of the Detroit rioting as Northern cities begin to burn in the summer of 1967.

    Record Type: Television

    
16. Downsizing In an Aging Work Force - The Law, the Limits and the Lessons

    This documentary looks at the rights of the elderly in relationship to corporate "downsizing" and hiring.

    Record Type: Television

    
17. March of Time Through the Years - Narcotics & Teenagers

    The March of Time takes a look at drug abuse by teenagers in 1951.

    Record Type: Television

    
18. P.O.V. - If I Can't Do It

    This documentary presents a portrait of a disabled man who is trying to gain his independence and an equal slice of the American pie. This documentary was a combined effort of KCET, Los Angeles; WGBH Boston; and WNET New York and aired on PBS 7/7/98.

    Record Type: Television

    
19. Program For Vietnam Vets and Everyone Else Who Should Care - Part 1 of 2

    Charles Haid hosts this look at the experiences, struggles, and adjustments of Vietnam veterans.

    Record Type: Television

    
20. Program For Vietnam Vets and Everyone Else Who Should Care - Part 2 of 2

    Charles Haid hosts this look at the experiences, struggles, and adjustments of Vietnam veterans.

    Record Type: Television

    
21. Streets of Despair

    This is part one of a televised news report completed in a joint effort by WBBM and the Chicago Daily News on the slums of Chicago. The report focuses on the people who live in these conditions, the landlords who run these units and lastly the judges who passed the laws that govern these properties. Reporters interviewed some of the tenants who live on the properties and the realtors who rent the apartments. The report also interviewed a judge wh...

    Record Type: Television

    
22. Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties

    Program explores the personal histories of some of the thousands of second-generation Japanese Americans who served in the US Army's military Intelligence Service (MIS) during WW II as Japanese language specialists in the Pacific and after the war, during the Occupation of Japan. It also chronicles an ironic time in US history, when thousands of young second-generation American men of Japanese ancestry (called Nisei) were recruited, drafted and v...

    Record Type: Television

    
23. War at Oxford

    Behind-the-lines coverage of the integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith which graphically portrays the dangers facing Meredith, federal marshals, and reporter Ed Turner.

    Record Type: Television

    
24. What Can Johnny Read? The Battle Over Books - Part 1 of 2

    An examination of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution: Freedom of the press. Can books be banned from the public library? Attorneys Don Reuben and Roy Cohn conduct a mock trial. A discussion by the studio audience follows.

    Record Type: Television

    
25. What Can Johnny Read? The Battle Over Books - Part 2 of 2

    An examination of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution: Freedom of the press. Can books be banned from the public library? Attorneys Don Reuben and Roy Cohn conduct a mock trial. A discussion by the studio audience follows.

    Record Type: Television