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  • Collection: McKiernan Interviews

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Interview with Thomas Powers

Thomas Powers is an author and intelligence expert. Powers, a native of New York City, earned a Bachelor's degree in English from Yale University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with Lucinda Franks for their articles on Weather Underground member Diana Oughton.

Interview with Dr. James Quay

Dr. James Quay grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  He earned a BA in English from Lafayette College and then performed two years of alternative service in central Harlem as a conscientious objector. He and his wife moved to California where he earned an MA and Ph.D. in English Literature from ...

Interview with Dr. Jonah Raskin

Dr. Jonah Raskin is a scholar and author. Dr. Raskin gave up his teaching position at a university in order to participate in the 1970s radical counterculture movement as a freelance journalist. Raskin returned to academics in 1981 and taught media law, history of communications, film noir, and writ...

Interview with Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves is a writer, columnist, and lecturer at the University of Southern California. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1960. After a year working as an engineer, he decided to go into journalism. He wrote books about politics and many o...

Interview with Dr. Meta Mendel-Reyes

Dr. Meta Mendel-Reyes is a professor at Berea College, where she teaches Peace as well as Social Justice. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. She loves to be a community service worker for people in California and she helps people in Philadelphia with race-related issues.

Interview with Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson is a former professor, nurse, philanthropist, civil rights activist, and the wife of Jackie Robinson. Robinson attended the University of California and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. Additionally, she received several awards for her hard work among the population of Black people in the world.

Interview with Ron Robinson

Ron Robinson is a native of Buffalo, New York. He has been Young America’s Foundation president for over four decades. Robinson served as the Director of the Long America's For Freedom (1977-1979), President of the United State Youth Council (1983-1985) and President of the International Youth Yea...

Interview with Dr. Minnie Bruce Pratt

Minnie Bruce Pratt, born in Selma, Alabama, is an American educator, activist and essayist. She is also a Professor of Writing and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, where she was invited to help develop the university’s first LGBT Studies Program. Dr. Pratt has a B.A....

Interview with Jo Freeman

Jo Freeman is an American feminist, political scientist, writer, and attorney. She attended the University of California at Berkeley and she became active in an organization involving the civil rights movement. In addition, she authored feminist articles and papers on social movements.

Interview with Stephen Gaskin

Stephen Gaskin (1935 - 2014) was an American Hippie counterculture icon. He was an author of over a dozen books and a political activist. He went to prison in 1974 for marijuana possession and his voting rights were rescinded. Gaskin was a recipient for the first Right Livelihood Award in 1980 and an inductee in the Counterculture Hall of Fame in 2004.

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