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Scripts, 1953-1955, The Last Citizen

Description
Scripts for the eighteen-program series The Last Citizen: The Negro in America from WBAA (Purdue University), a project about the experiences and problems of black people in the United States. Features writer-director E.W. Richter and Dr. Louis Schneider (Professor of Sociology, Purdue University) in conversation with expert guests for the topic of each episode.
Subject(s)
  • 1945 to present
  • Africa
  • African American History & Culture
  • African Americans
  • African Americans--Civil rights
  • Broadcasting
  • Children
  • Children & Families
  • Cities and towns
  • Civics
  • Civil rights
  • Crime
  • Early U.S. History (to 1900)
  • Economy & Business
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Future, The
  • Gender & Women's History
  • Journalism--United States
  • Law
  • Media Arts
  • News & Journalism
  • Poverty
  • Prejudices
  • Programming
  • Psychology
  • Psychology & Mental Health
  • Race relations
  • Racism--United States
  • Religion
  • Schools
  • Social movements
  • Sociology
  • U.S. History (1900-present)
  • U.S. Politics
  • United States--History--18th century
  • United States--History--19th century
  • United States--History--20th century
  • Urban cores
  • Women
  • World Politics
Contributors
  • Richter, E.W.
  • Schneider, Louis
  • Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982
  • Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
  • McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
  • Nixon, E.D.
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
  • Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966
  • Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
  • Marshall, Thurgood
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Howden, Edward
  • Robinson, Jackie
  • Morrow, E. Frederic (Everett Frederic), approximately 1906-1994
  • Golden, Harry
  • Burdick, Allan B.
  • Frazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962
  • Holland, Jerome B.
  • Patterson, Frederick D.
  • Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985
  • Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993
  • Routh, Fred
  • Johnson, Robert B.
  • Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976
  • Sobel, Irwin
  • Carter, Elmer A. (Elmer Anderson), 1890-1973
  • Buggs, John
  • Taylor, Joseph
  • Jones, Madison
  • Eichler, Joseph
  • Pool, Cecil
  • Deats, Paul
  • Whitsett, Daniel
  • Prattis, P.L.
  • Ford, Nick Aaron
  • Long, Herman H. (Herman Hodge), 1912-1976
  • Courts, Gus
  • Jordan, Clarence
  • Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
  • Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
  • Fleming, Harold
  • WBAA (Radio station : West Lafayette, Ind.)
  • Delany, Hubert T.
  • Clark, Kenneth R.
Related Programs
  • Last citizen
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