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Shultz and Weinberger at Harvard
John Kerry and Jim Shannon
Al Jarreau performs "You Don't See Me"
Son of Sam and Delilah
"Blast From the Past" with Jesse Jackson
Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981
White speaks to residents about the opening of schools
Interview with Jimmy Carter, 1987 [Part 2 of 2]
Louise Day Hicks talks about curfew proposal
Tommy Harper charges discrimination
Interview with Bui Tin [1], 1981
Interview with William C. (William Childs) Westmoreland, 1981
Meaning of the Interval
Robert Peterkin reviews school desegregation in Boston
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Chuck Turner interview
James Brown and Mayor Kevin White Address the Crowd at the Boston Garden
Interview with Paul Nitze, 1987 [Part 2 of 2]
Interview with Denis Healey, 1986 [Part 2 of 3]
Robert Mugabe at UMass
Interview with Pham Van Dong, 1981
Interview with John Kerry, 1982
Volcano Saga
Rent control demonstration
Plage Concrete
Caroline Hunter comments on the struggle for African liberation
Trisha and Carmen
Interview with Robinson Risner, 1981
Cam Ne Village Activity [Part 2 of 2]
Interview with Billy Wilson
Boston Symphony Audience Learns of the Death of JFK: Radio Spot with Interview
Joan Jonas in "Double Lunar Dogs"
Camouflaged troops, 1969
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is not Enuf
Interview with Scott Camil, 1981
GI's hear Nixon ceasefire proposal, Ton Son Nhut
An angry crowd gathers at South Boston High School following the stabbing of a student
Nia Anderson performs in "The Commitment"
Odetta Gordon performs "Give Me Your Hand"
David O. Ives discusses the origin of Say Brother on WGBH Television
Interview with Clark M. Clifford, 1981
Remembering the Savoy Cafe
Howlin' Wolf in concert
David Sakura recalls life in Japanese detention camps in the United States during World War II
Muhammad Ali and the Vietnam War
Interview with Robert McNamara, March, 1986 [Part 2 of 5]
Interview with G. A. (Genrikh Aleksandrovich) Trofimenko, 1986 [Part 2 of 6]
Hue - Anatomy of a killing
ERN Reporters discuss the March
Dogs, The
Interview with Mel King [Tape 1 of 1]
Responsibilities Of Television, The; Part I
Carson Beach in August, 1977
First day of school at Charlestown High School
Interview with Nguyen Bay, 1981
March Highlights [1 of 2]
Trung Sisters Temple [Part 3 of 3]
Interview with Michael Heseltine, 1987
Interview with Nguyen Thi Ngo, 1981
Interview with Nguyen Thi Dinh, 1981
Interview with Pham Thi Xuan Que, 1981
Interview with Bayard Rustin, 1982
Bach Dang Estuary
William Wegman explains the rules of photography
Color Schemes
My Puberty
Cannonball Adderley and the Cannonball Express
Racism in the feminist community
Ros Barron's "Headgame."
Westmoreland Tet Press Conference
Reverend Earl Jackson
17th Parallel Wrecked Landscape
I Do Not Know What It Is that I Am Like
Interview with Henry Kissinger, 1982
Interview with blues and folk singer Elizabeth Cotten
Jim Cooper reads "Why Apes Look Like People"
Jesse Jackson speaks at the Kennedy School of Government
Local reaction to the New Bedford protests
Phung Thuong Cooperative Activities
Interview with Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, 1982
Leona Pleas talks about busing in Boston
Sonia Sanchez on the teachings of the Nation of Islam
Desire, Inc.
Melvin Van Peebles interview
Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood
Bill Lee
Jean McGuire on the need for a greater supply of African American teachers
Gus Solomans performs "City Motion Space Game"
Melnea Cass Interview
Black Solidarity Day 1972
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March on Washington

March on Washington

As part of the Educational Radio Network, WGBH broadcast live coverage of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom from Washington, D.C. Speakers included A. Philip Randolph, John Lewis, James Farmer and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Press and the People

Press and the People

Louis Lyons hosts this series of programs that discuss the problems and performance of the American Press in reporting leading questions of the day. Guests included Edward R. Murrow. Theodore H. White and Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith.
Say Brother

Say Brother

Say Brother is WGBH's longest-running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, now known as Basic Black.
The New Television Workshop

The New Television Workshop

The New Television Workshop at WGBH supported the creation and broadcast of experimental works by artists from 1974 to 1993.
The Ten O'Clock News

The Ten O'Clock News

The Ten O'Clock News was a nightly news program produced and broadcast by WGBH. A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976.
The Vietnam Collection

The Vietnam Collection

Vietnam: A Television History was a landmark documentary series produced by WGBH. This collection contains most of the maerials gathered and created for the 1983 series, as well as additional Vietnam-related materials from the WGBH archive.
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age is a thirteen-part PBS series on the origins and evolution of nuclear competition between the United States and the former Soviet Union, first broadcast in 1989.
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From the blog

By Courtney Michael
October 10, 2011

From the Front Lines to the Classroom: Remembering Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell

This past week saw the passing of Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell, two important actors in the Civil Rights Movement. Shuttlesworth, a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a leader in the Birmingham Campaign to desegregate public facilities … Continue reading →
By Courtney Michael
October 06, 2011

Steve Jobs on “The Machine that Changed the World,” 1990

In this 1990 interview with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for a documentary on “The Machine that Changed the World,” Jobs muses on milestones in computing and the future of the machine as he sees it. In addition to recalling his … Continue reading →
By Elizabeth Deane
September 23, 2011

LSD: Lettvin vs. Leary

Get ready for a mind-expanding trip with LSD guru Timothy Leary on Open Vault. We’ve just posted LSD: Lettvin vs. Leary, an extraordinary hour-long debate from 1967, shot before a packed house at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. The posting comes in … Continue reading →
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