Assignment America - Season 1

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Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh

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Air Date: January 7, 1975

Studs Terkel interviewed 36 year old Sadlowski, director of the largest district of the United Steelworkers of America Union and the nation’s newest spokesman for union democracy.

Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker

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Air Date: January 28, 1975

The man often considered the best living science-fiction writer was interviewed by Maya Angelou with talk centering on abstract concepts of the relationship between science, religion and magic.

Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look

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Air Date: February 25, 1975

Maya Angelou visited controversial black radical and former professor Angela Davis at her home, and discussed her childhood, her time in prison and the role of the black woman in the women’s movement.

Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son

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Air Date: May 13, 1975

Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.