Studs Terkel’s Race: Where are they now? Jim Capraro
This week we talk with Jim Capraro, who witnessed something so traumatic in Marquette Park in 1966 that he devoted his entire life to improving the economic vitality of the Southwest Side …
This week we talk with Jim Capraro, who witnessed something so traumatic in Marquette Park in 1966 that he devoted his entire life to improving the economic vitality of the Southwest Side …
Poet Ashley Gonzalez was an 18-year-old senior at Northside College Prep High School when she competed in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival in the Spring of 2008, representing her high …
Carol Jackson was 21 years old when she was first interviewed by Studs Terkel. Today, she is retired and living in the Chatham neighborhood.
Contributor Jessica Young attended an event on race hosted by WBEZ and Vocalo. “If I could have tweeted,” she says, “this is what my feed would have looked like.“
Poet Adam Gottlieb was an 18-year-old senior at Northside College Prep High School when he competed in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival in the Spring of 2008, representing his high …
When Studs Terkel interviewed him for the book Race, Marvin Jackson was only 24 years old and a second-year medical school student at UCLA. Today, Dr. Jackson is a flight surgeon with the FAA.
There’s been plenty of reporting on how the recession has been hard on employment for African Americans and Latinos. But new research shows that another group is actually doing worse—Asian Americans.
Poet Bryan Byrdlong was a 17-year-old senior at Whitney Young High School when he competed in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival in the Spring of 2011, representing his high school. Bryan …
In this broadcast, you’ll hear Lookingglass Theatre Company actors reading from Studs Terkel’s book Race, as well as community members’ thoughts and feelings about the American Obsession.
Ever look at a demographic map of Chicago and wonder how we came to be so segregated? Bill Rankin wants us to think more critically when we look at such maps – and his work challenges the idea that …