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National Urban League, The Leaders Speak/Civil Rights Roundup no. 8, ca. 1965

 File — Box: AV PRM 2, item: Ross_PRM_6

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Ross produced a weekly 15-minute radio program for the Chicago Urban League, entitled “Currently,” kept on open-reel tape. His broadcast work continued with the National Urban League, for whom he produced two 15-minute weekly programs in 1965: “The Leaders Speak,” containing an interview by Ross with a civil rights leader, and “Civil Rights Roundup,” containing a summary of related news; the two programs are organized together on a series of 33 1/3 rpm records. Interviewees include Mahlon T. Puryear, Mathew H. Ahmann and Cleve Robinson. Accompanying the records are press releases for two editions of “The Leaders Speak,” one with guest Bayard Rustin and the other with guests Herb Hill and Whitney M. Young (see: Box 6 Folder 103).

“The Great March” is Ross’s one-hour radio documentary about the 1963 March on Washington, which played Sunday, September 1, 1963 on WAAF-Chicago.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1965

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Sherwood Ross papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 Box at a time (Priority III).

Audiovisual recordings in this collection have been digitized and are available online. Access to the original audiovisual items is restricted.

General Physical Description note

1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 10 in., digitized

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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