Division Street Revisited
Mary Schmich
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Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich traces the lives of seven people in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history: A Black public school janitor; a Lithuanian tavern owner; an Appalachian mother of 15; a closeted gay actor; a Native American activist; a Black labor leader; and a prominent white woman in Chicago high society. What happened to them? To their children? To their dreams?
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Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich takes a deeper look at the lives of seven people featured in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history. They include a Black public school janitor; a Lithuanian…
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Division Street Revisited has published 9 episodes since November 2024, covering topics in Documentary, Personal Journals.
Division Street Revisited is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 28m.
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