The Center's Harvey Wheeler talks with South African journalist Edgar Hill about racial problems in that nation, suggesting that South Africa represents a microcosm of the issues the world must deal with in the matter of race. Original recording date USA Jan. 4, 1962.

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Political and academic leaders, scientists, social scientists, legal scholars, journalists, theologians, labor and community leaders focused on topics such as peace and war, democracy, dissent, community action, ecology and the environment, elections and the electoral process, immigration, international relations, law and order, the media, race and ethnicity, and religion. Prominent participants included Senator Alan Cranston, Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, Aldous Huxley, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Sander Vanocur, and Gunner Myrdal among many others.

Primary Title
  • Race Relations USA and South Africa Part 1
Secondary Title
  • Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 4 January 1962
Duration
  • 26:26
Channel
  • Chapman Archive
Programme Description
  • The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Political and academic leaders, scientists, social scientists, legal scholars, journalists, theologians, labor and community leaders focused on topics such as peace and war, democracy, dissent, community action, ecology and the environment, elections and the electoral process, immigration, international relations, law and order, the media, race and ethnicity, and religion. Prominent participants included Senator Alan Cranston, Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, Aldous Huxley, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Sander Vanocur, and Gunner Myrdal among many others.
Episode Description
  • The Center's Harvey Wheeler talks with South African journalist Edgar Hill about racial problems in that nation, suggesting that South Africa represents a microcosm of the issues the world must deal with in the matter of race. Original recording date USA Jan. 4, 1962.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
  • University of Santa Barbara Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS The complete recording can be found at https://digital.library.ucsb.edu/items/show/5224
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Educational
  • Politics
Hosts
  • Harvey Wheeler (Host)
Contributors
  • Edgar Hill (Commentator)