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This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963)

September 6, 2024, 11:00 pm

Demonstrators during the March on Washington (Photo by Trikosko, Marion S via Wikimedia)

This edition of the Best of Studs Terkel is devoted to the second and final part of the award-winning documentary,“This Train.“ Studs wove this sound-scape commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington from voices he recorded on a train bound for Washington, and at the event itself.

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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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This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963)