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Interview with Mary Sovik

Mary Sovik was born in Jamaica, Queens Long Island, NY. She discusses working in a glove factory, the many places she travelled to, and her work in Endicott Johnson up until her retirement. After retirement she states she became a babysitter for doctors, lawyers, and businessmen in Binghamton, NY.

Interview with Elizabeth Hladik

Elizabeth Hladik talks about her parents' emigration from Czechoslovakia and being the only one of six siblings to attend school, up until the 8th grade, after which point she was employed as a domestic. She worked at Vale Ballou, Dunn McCarthy, Endicott Johnson, and in New York City. She speak...

Recital Harpur Trio

Interview with Peggy Seeger

Peggy Seeger is an American folk singer. She founded the Critics Group and also sang and wrote about women's rights and other controversial topics with her husband. Seeger has published a collection of 150 of her songs from before 1998. She lived in the UK until 1994, then returned to the US and con...

Interview with Dr. Marilyn Young

Dr. Marilyn Young (1937-2017) was a leftist, feminist, anti-war historian, and professor of history at New York University. She was a founding member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars. She received her Bachelor's degree from Vassar College and got her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Young's Ph.D. dissertation became her first book.

Interview with Dr. Michael Zuckerman

Dr. Michael Zuckerman is a historian, scholar, and author. He is a Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zuckerman taught courses in popular culture, national character, human nature, and religion. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in American Studies.

Interview with Curtis Weldon

Curt Weldon is a politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He was vice-chair of the Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, as well as the co-chair of the Duma-Congress Study Group. Weldon received his Bachelor's degree in...

Interview with Mit Joyner

Mildred (Mit) Joyner is a pioneer in teaching, research, writing, and community activism. Joyner has served leadership positions in social work professional organization, including the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the International As...

Interview with Dr. Roosevelt Johnson

Dr. Roosevelt Johnson (d. 2015) was a psychologist, counselor, educator, and administrator. Dr. Johnson worked as a professor at Ohio State University, University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC, and John Hopkins University. He also worked at private counseling centers in the Washingto...

Interview with Jack Smith

Jack Smith (1945-2004) was an Emmy Award-Winning former correspondent for ABC News. Smith is known for reporting on the Iran-Contra affair, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and technology in the Silicon Valley. He received Bachelor's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in 1971 and from Oxford University in 1974.