Assignment America
Season 1
—4 episodes
Episodes
- E101
Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh
1975-01-07 · 30m
Studs Terkel interviewed 36 year old Sadlowski, director of the largest district of the United Steelworkers of America Union and the nation’s newest spokesman for union democracy.
- E104
Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker
1975-01-28 · 30m
The man often considered the best living science-fiction writer was interviewed by Maya Angelou with talk centering on abstract concepts of the relationship between science, religion and magic.
- E108
Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look
1975-02-25 · 30m
Maya Angelou visited controversial black radical and former professor Angela Davis at her home, and discussed her childhood, her time in prison and the role of the black woman in the women’s movement.
- E119
Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son
1975-05-13 · 30m
Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.
