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Martha Graham (05/10/1963)

May 10, 2024, 11:00 pm

Martha Graham (loc.gov | Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org.)

Martha Graham (1894-1991), the trailblazing American choreographer, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT on May 10, 1963. Founded in 1926, the Martha Graham Dance Company, remains a world leader in the evolving art form of modern dance.

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Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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Martha Graham (05/10/1963)