Advocates; Should Colleges and Universities Give Preferential Admission to Minority Group Applicants?

03/14/1974

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Monroe Freedman Advocate: William Van Alstyne Witnesses: Robert O'Neil: University of Cincinnati Slade Gorton: Attorney General, State of Washington Paul Kurtz: Editor, The Humanist George Roche: President, Hillsdale College

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should Colleges and Universities Give Preferential Admission to Minority Group Applicants?
Program Number: 418
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Monroe Freedman Advocate: William Van Alstyne (smoking a pipe) Witnesses: Robert O’Neil – University of Cincinnati Slade Gorton – Attorney General, State of Washington Paul Kurtz – Editor, “The Humanist” George Roche – President, Hillsdale College Produced by WGBH at WTTW in Chicago. Bears WGBH copyright
Duration: 00:59:37
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Roche, George Charles; ONeil, Robert M.; Kurtz, Paul, 1925-; Van Alstyne, William W.; Gorton, Slade, 1928-
Locations: Chicago, Illinois
Genres: Debate
Topics: Public Affairs; Social Issues
Contributors: Freedman, Monroe (Guest); Semerjian, Evan (Moderator); Roche, George (Guest); Gorton, Slade (Guest); Kurtz, Paul (Guest); Van Alstyne, William (Guest); O'Neil, Robert (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should Colleges and Universities Give Preferential Admission to Minority Group Applicants?,” 03/14/1974, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_463620E9A02B4C37AAF75474442B8972.; MLA: “Advocates; Should Colleges and Universities Give Preferential Admission to Minority Group Applicants?.” 03/14/1974. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_463620E9A02B4C37AAF75474442B8972>.; APA: Advocates; Should Colleges and Universities Give Preferential Admission to Minority Group Applicants?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_463620E9A02B4C37AAF75474442B8972

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