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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 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 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 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. 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 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 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. Rosalind Pollack Petchesky

Dr. Rosalind Pollack Petchesky is an American political scientist, and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the founder of the International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group. Petchesky received her Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University.

Interview with Walter Naegle

Walter Naegle is the partner of the late civil rights leader, Bayard Rustin and is executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund. Naegle has a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art from Fordham University. Decades before gay marriage was an option, Rustin adopted Naegle to formalize their relationship.

Interview with Dr. Mark Naison and Steven Hager

Dr. Mark Naison, a native of Brooklyn, is a Professor of African and African-American Studies and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Fordham University. Dr. Naison, a former political activist, was a member of Congress of Racial Equality and Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960s. He i...

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