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1. Interview of Dorothy Healey (1972)

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Length:
42 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.

2. Interview of Ben Margolis

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:

3. Interview of Harry Hay

Topic:
Social Movements
LGBT Movement
Length:
17.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder of the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organization and Radical Faeries, a gay spiritual movement.

4. Interview of Carey McWilliams

Topic:
Social Movements
Journalism
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author and editor of the Nation, known for writing on California politics and culture.

5. Interview of Paul Schrade

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
15.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.

6. Interview of Ben Dobbs

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Labor Movement
Length:
14.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.

7. Interview of William Seligman

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor leader and arbitrator. Organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers International Union and the United Shoe Workers of America.

8. Interview of Dorothy Green

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Heal the Bay, Unpave LA, and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council. Involved in California Water Impact Network (C-WIN).

9. Interview of Lois Arkin

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Los Angeles Eco-Village. Executive director of Cooperative Resources and Services Project.

10. Interview of Gladys Meade

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Vice president of environmental health for the American Lung Association of California. Governor's appointee to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board and the California Air Resources Board.