Algernon D. Black papers, 1932-1979

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Series III: Radio Talks, 1934-1953



Box 4-5 1934


Box 4-5 January: War Myths, 0ld and New


1935


Box 4-5 November 21 : (discussion re: pros and cons of U.S. collective action with League of Nations.)


1939


Box 4-5 September 10: Doess Modern Man Need Religion?


1940


Box 4-5 April 2: The Census


Box 4-5 April 9: The McLaughlin Bill


Box 4-5 April 23: The Fifth Column


Box 4-5 April 30: The Third Term


Box 4-5 May 7: Wanted: A Plan


Box 4-5 May 14: Realities -Needs --Social Behavior


Box 4-5 May 21: America's Responsibility


Box 4-5 May 28: Amer. Awakening Education


Box 4-5 October 4: Election Issues


Box 4-5 October 11: The Draft


Box 4-5 October 18: Famine Relief


Box 4-5 October 25: Civil Liberties


Box 4-5 November 5: Election Night


Box 4-5 November 12: Mr. Willkie and Mr. Roosevelt


Box 4-5 November 19: Labor and Defense Contracts (sponsored by WQXR)


Box 4-5 November 25: Being a Good Neighbor December


Box 4-5 December 2: Nazi Propaganda


Box 4-5 December 10: Propaganda


Box 4-5 December 17: America's Defense


Box 4-5 December 24: A Christmas Present for Everyone


Box 4-5 December 31: New Years Eve


1941


Box 4-5 January 7: The President's Address


Box 4-5 January 21: American Youth Today


Box 4-5 January 28: Child Labor


Box 4-5 February 4: Group Responsibility and National Defense


Box 4-5 February 11: Rapp-Coudert Committee


Box 4-5 February 17: Integrity


Box 4-5 February 25: The Faiths Men Hold


Box 4-5 March 4: On Defeatism and Extremism


Box 4-5 March 11: The Negro Question


Box 4-5 March 18: On Fear


Box 4-5 March 25: Civil Liberties


Box 4-5 April 1: The Refugee Problem


Box 4-5 April 8: Strikes and the Defense Program


Box 4-5 April 22: The Doctors


Box 4-5 April 29: Charles Lindbergh and America First


Box 4-5 May 13: Isolation and America in Decision


Box 4-5 May 20: The Awakening of American Citizenry


Box 4-5 May 27: The President's Message


Box 4-5 June 3: War and Peace Aims


Box 4-5 June 10: The Transport Workers' Union and the Subways


Box 4-5 June 17: What the Nazi Consuls Leave


Box 4-5 June 24: Real Democratic Defense


Box 4-5 September 6: America's Role


Box 4-5 September 13: Freedom of the Seas


Box 4-5 September 20: Anti-Semitism and Mr. Lindbergh and Mr. Nye


Box 4-5 September 27: Movies


Box 4-5 October 4: Our Attitude Toward Russia


Box 4-5 October 11: America Next


Box 4-5 October 25: Morale in the Camps


Box 4-5 November 1: John L. Lewis and the Coal Strike


Box 4-5 November 8: The Election --And the Next Four Years


Box 4-5 November 15: Community, Solidarity, and Defense


Box 4-5 November 22: Small Business and Defense


Box 4-5 November 29: The Eleventh Hour


Box 4-5 December 6: Democratic Discipline


Box 4-5 December 13: A Warning!


Box 4-5 December 20: Youth's Challenge


Box 4-5 December 27: Democracy's Defense


1942


Box 4-5 January 3: Democratic Defeat and Victory


Box 4-5 January 10: Victory and the Automobile Industry


Box 4-5 January 17: Henry Ford's Apology


Box 4-5 January 24: Youth Delinquency in This War


Box 4-5 January 31: Beyond Tolerance


Box 4-5 February 7: The New Fascist Line


Box 4-5 February 14: Lincoln and Appeasement


Box 4-5 February 21: Appeasement Within


Box 4-5 February 28: Anti-British Feeling


Box 4-5 March 5: Hitler's Challenge


Box 4-5 March 12: Something New in Youth Education


Box 4-5 March 19: American Disunity


Box 4-5 March 26: The Labor Controversy and the War


Box 4-5 April 2: The Anti-Semitic Line


Box 4-5 April 9: Defeat and Victory


Box 4-5 April 16: John Lovejoy Elliot: A Tribute


Box 4-5 April 23: Freedom of the Press


Box 4-5 April 30: Hitler's and Roosevelt's Speeches


Box 4-5 May 7: A Job for All of Us


Box 4-5 May 14: Congress and Peace


Box 4-5 May 21: Enemy Aliens


Box 4-5 May 28: Child Life the City


Box 4-5 June 4: The Case of Harry Bridges


Box 4-5 June 11: Good News


Box 4-5 June 18: The Education Budget


Box 4-5 June 25: The Poll Tax


Box 4-5 July 2: Henry Ford and War Housing


Box 4-5 July 9: PM and the War Effort


Box 4-5 July 16: The Unconquerable Spirit


Box 4-5 July 23: The Enemy Within --Inflation


Box 4-5 July 30: The Dies Committee on Trial


Box 4-5 September 3: The Youth Assembly and the War (not received)


Box 4-5 September 10: Leader or Dictator


Box 4-5 September 13: Have Americans a Fighting Faith? (WOR)


Box 4-5 September 17: A Second Front


Box 4-5 September 24: Getting Tough


Box 4-5 October 1: Parity


Box 4-5 October 8: A New Venture


Box 4-5 October 15: Drafting the Young


Box 4-5 October 22: Drafting of Labor


Box 4-5 November 5: Between Two Worlds


Box 4-5 November 12: Fit for Peace


Box 4-5 November 19: The Sabotage of Democracy


Box 4-5 November 26: Thankfulness and Citizenship


Box 4-5 December 3: Democratic Advance -- Social Security


Box 4-5 December 10: Opportunity and Free Enterprise


Box 4-5 December 17: Unfitting the Citizens of Tomorrow


Box 4-5 December 24: The Christian Spirit and the Extermination of the Jews


Box 4-5 December 31: New Year Wishes


1943


Box 4-5 January 14: Leon Henderson, Scapegoat


Box 4-5 January 21: The War for Equality


Box 4-5 January 28: The Casablanca Meeting


Box 4-5 February 4: Citizenship Opportunities


Box 4-5 February 6: Our Common Faith (WOR)


Box 4-5 February 11: A Job to Do


Box 4-5 February 18: Labor and Fair Play


Box 4-5 February 25: Gandhi's Fast


Box 4-5 March 4: Americans as Trustees!


Box 4-5 March 11: American Workers' Morale and Absenteeism


Box 4-5 March 16: re: Harlem (no title) - (WMCA)


Box 4-5 March 18: Food and Farmers


Box 4-5 March 25: A Political Landmark


Box 4-5 April 1: Testing Our Wisdom


Box 4-5 April 8: Making History


Box 4-5 April 15: The Color Line


Box 4-5 April 22: Youth and Security


Box 4-5 April 29: The Coal Crisis


Box 4-5 May 6: Anti-Labor Hysteria


Box 4-5 May 20: America the Good Neighbor


Box 4-5 May 24: Americanism Democracy and Race Justice (WMCA)


Box 4-5 May 27: Democratic Integrity


Box 4-5 June 3: Economic Citizenship


Box 4-5 June 10: Youth Demoralization


Box 4-5 June 17: Responsible Citizenship


Box 4-5 June 24: Social Explosions


Box 4-5 October 17: Democratic Education


Box 4-5 October 24: Freedom's Children or Hitler's


Box 4-5 October 31: International Collaboration


Box 4-5 November 7: The Ballot


Box 4-5 November 14: Food Subsidies


Box 4-5 November 21: Juvenile Delinquency


Box 4-5 November 28: Democratic Disunity


Box 4-5 December 5: The Granary of Democracy


Box 4-5 December 12: The Soldier Vote


Box 4-5 December 19: Democratic Employment


Box 4-5 December 26: Peace on Earth --And War


1944


Box 4-5 January 2 : The Attacks on Jews


Box 4-5 January 9: War-Time Strikes


Box 4-5 January 16: America Must Choose


Box 4-5 April 13: This Year of Decision


Box 4-5 April 20: The Fight to Vote


Box 4-5 April 27: Cartels and the Peace


Box 4-5 May 4: Hate as a Political Weapon


Box 4-5 May 11: Challenge to the T.V.A.


Box 4-5 May 18: Japanese-Americans: Fellow Citizens


Box 4-5 May 25: A People's Congress


Box 4-5 June 1: America's Conscience and the Negro


Box 4-5 June 8: A Time of Consecration


Box 4-5 June 15: Blueprint for X-Day


Box 4-5 June 22: The End of Hitler


Box 4-5 June 29: The Choice of a President


Box 4-5 July 6: Independence and Interdependence


Box 4-5 July 13: The De Gaulle Question


Box 4-5 July 20: Henry Wallace


Box 4-5 July 27. A German Revolt --True or "False?


Box 4-5 August 3: The Race Issue in the Coming Election


Box 4-5 August 10: The Controversy Over the Kilgore Bill


Box 4-5 August 17: "Wilson and Soldier Censorship


Box 4-5 August 24: Spiritual Security in Wartime


Box 4-5 August 31: The Challenge to the Schools


Box 4-5 September 7: Labor and the Election


Box 4-5 September 14: Compulsory Military Training


Box 4-5 September 21: The World's Conscience and the Jew


Box 4-5 September 28: An Ethical Approach to Religion


Box 4-5 October 5: Do We Need a World Police Force?


Box 4-5 October 12: The Election's Challenge to the Citizen


Box 4-5 October 19: The Foreign Policy and the Election


Box 4-5 October 26: The Spanish Crisis Congress and the Presidential Election


Box 4-5 November 9: Our Post-Election Duties


Box 4-5 November 16: At the Peace Table


Box 4-5 November 23: A New Thankfulness


Box 4-5 November 30: Health for All the People


Box 4-5 December 7: Racism and the Right to Work


Box 4-5 December 14: Are We Fumbling the Peace?


Box 4-5 December 21: America's Duty in Liberated Countries


Box 4-5 December 28: A Crisis in Morale


Box 4-5 December 29: The Common Ground of Faith ("Your Life Today" series: Blue Network)


1945


Box 4-5 January 4: A Challenge to American Citizenship


Box 4-5 January 25: The Wallace Appointment


Box 4-5 February 1: The Controversy Over the Wallace Appointment


Box 4-5 February 8: Do We Need a Labor Draft?


Box 4-5 February 15: Can We Legislate Against Discrimination?


Box 4-5 February 22: The Fight Against Discrimination


Box 4-5 March 1: The Liberation of the Philippines


Box 4-5 March 8: Universal Military Training


Box 4-5 March 10: What Do Americans Believe? (WOR)


Box 4-5 March 15: Education at the Crossroads


Box 4-5 March 22: Cooperation in the War Effort


Box 4-5 March 29: Is This the Collapse of Nazism?


Box 4-5 April 5: America's Responsibility for Peace


Box 4-5 April 12: The Death of the President


Box 4-5 April 19: Our New President


Box 4-5 April 26: The Issues at San Francisco


Box 4-5 May 3: The Nazi Surrender


Box 4-5 May 10: Our Relations With Soviet Russia


Box 4-5 May 17: Sabotage at San Francisco


Box 4-5 May 24: The New Fascist Threat


Box 4-5 May 31: Democracy and Racism


Box 4-5 June 7: The Treatment of Germany•


Box 4-5 June 14: The Conflict Over Argentina


Box 4-5 June 21: The General Comes Home


Box 4-5 June 28: The Work of Frances Perkins


Box 4-5 July 5: Is American Independence Enough?


Box 4-5 July 12: Reaction and Political Ethics


Box 4-5 July 19: Harold Ickes --A Controversial Figure


Box 4-5 July 26: The British Elections


Box 4-5 August 2 : The Challenge to the Schools


Box 4-5 August 16: The War's End


Box 4-5 August 23: What Is the Ethical Movement


Box 4-5 September 6: The Employment Crisis


Box 4-5 September 13: What Is a War Criminal?


Box 4-5 September 20: Religion in the Post-War Period


Box 4-5 September 27: Post-War Strikes --What Do They Mean?


Box 4-5 October 4: Race Conflict Among Our Youth


Box 4-5 October 11: The Marshall Report


Box 4-5 October 18: Crisis in the Schools


Box 4-5 October 25: The President's Message


Box 4-5 November 1: Ethics in Politics


Box 4-5 November 8: The Labor-Management Conference


Box 4-5 November 15: The Atomic Bomb


Box 4-5 November 22: A Thanksgiving Message


Box 4-5 November 29: Religious Education and Religious Freedom


Box 4-5 December 6: Losing the Peace


Box 4-5 December 13: Our Relations with Franco Spain


Box 4-5 December 20: The Housing Crisis


Box 4-5 December 28: Faith in Our Time


1946


Box 4-5 January 3: President Truman's Message


Box 4-5 January 10: A Challenge to the U..N.O.


Box 4-5 January 17: The G.I. Demonstrations


Box 4-5 January 24: The Labor Crisis


Box 4-5 January 31 : Petition to the U.N.O.


Box 4-5 February 7: Policy in Germany


Box 4-5 February 14: Fair and Full Employment


Box 4-5 February 21: Religion in the News


Box 4-5 February 28: The U.N.O. and War


Box 4-5 March 7: Sinews of Peace?


Box 4-5 March 14: A New Citizenship I


Box 4-5 March 21: The U.N.O. --Our Responsibility


Box 4-5 March 28: Encampment for Citizenship


Box 4-5 April 4: The Need for Democratic Orientation


Box 4-5 April 11: The Need for New Leadership


Box 4-5 April 18: The O. P.A.


Box 4-5 April 25: The Re-Birth of Fascism


Box 4-5 May 2: Crisis in Palestine


Box 4-5 May 9: A Threat to Peace


Box 4-5 May 16: The Coal Crisis


Box 4-5 May 23: Housing and the Race Question


Box 4-5 May 30: The Strike Crisis


Box 4-5 June 6: Ethical Issues in the Labor Crisis


Box 4-5 June 13: The Strike Against Price Control


Box 4-5 June 20: The Timone Appointment


Box 4-5 June 27: The Security Council and the Spanish Issue


Box 4-5 July 4: July Fourth Challenge


Box 4-5 July 11: The Drift to War


Box 4-5 July 18: Fascist Racism


Box 4-5 July 25: The Rights of Children --Democratic and Religious


Box 4-5 October 4: Ethics in Our Time


Box 4-5 October 11: The Nuremberg Trials


Box 4-5 October 25: The Challenge to the U.N. Assembly


Box 4-5 November 10: The Elections of '46


Box 4-5 November 17: The Veto and the Bomb


Box 4-5 November 24: John Lewis and Labor's Crisis


Box 4-5 December 1: The New Anti-Communism


Box 4-5 December 8: The Coal Strike Is Over –BUT


Box 4-5 December 15: Report on Germany


Box 4-5 December 22: Is Our Youth Lawless?


1947


Box 4-5 January 5: The Three Fronts


Box 4-5 January 12: Report on China


Box 4-5 January 19: The Price of Milk


Box 4-5 January 26: The Crisis in Georgia


Box 4-5 February 2: Religious Freedom and the Rights of Children


Box 4-5 February 9: The Issue of Rent Control


Box 4-5 February 16: Our Children's Teachers


Box 4-5 February 23: Free Unions and Free Enterprise


Box 4-5 March 2: The Lilienthal Appointment


Box 4-5 March 9: Palestine in Crisis


Box 4-5 March 16: The German Problem and the President's Speech on the Greek Loan


Box 4-5 March 23: The Lost Individual


Box 4-5 March 30: Is the Enemy Communism?


Box 4-5 April 6: What Price Segregation?


Box 4-5 April 13: Roosevelt's Heritage to Us


Box 4-5 April 20: The Plight of Youth


Box 4-5 April 27: Man's Greatest Need: Spiritual Security


Box 4-5 May 4: Palestine: A World Problem


Box 4-5 May 11: Wanted: A Constructive Labor Policy


Box 4-5 May 18: Human Rights and Responsibilities


Box 4-5 May 25: World Famine


Box 4-5 June 1: Quest for a People's Program


Box 4-5 June 8: Military Training for What?


Box 4-5 June 13: The Strike Against Price Control


Box 4-5 June 15: Hollywood Subversive?


Box 4-5 June 22: The New Intolerance


Box 4-5 June 29: The Ethical Movement


Box 4-5 September 7: America and the Atomic Issue


Box 4-5 September 14: Fire Over Palestine


Box 4-5 September 21: The American Merry-Go-Round


Box 4-5 September 28: The Revival of Hooverism


Box 4-5 October 5: Education for Freedom?


Box 4-5 October 12: War or Peace with Russia?


Box 4-5 October 19: The People's Government


Box 4-5 October 26: Americanism Under Fire


Box 4-5 November 9: America, Russia and Peace


Box 4-5 November 16: American Aid to Europe


Box 4-5 November 23: An Ethical Faith


Box 4-5 November 30: A Great American


Box 4-5 December 7: United Nations: Success or Failure?


Box 4-5 December 14: Freedom Road


Box 4-5 December 21: A Christmas Message (not received)


Box 4-5 December 28: 1948 A Look Ahead, 1948


1948


Box 4-5 January 4: What Is Loyalty?


Box 4-5 January 11: Our Foreign Policy


Box 4-5 January 18: Our Puerto Rican Neighbors and Citizens


Box 4-5 January 25: Bearing False Witness


Box 4-5 February 1: Militarism in a Democracy


Box 4-5 February 8: Anti-Semitism


Box 4-5 February 15: Fruits of Empire


Box 4-5 February 22: The Meaning of Equality


Box 4-5 February 29: Crime: Its Control and Treatment (A.D.B. and Edwin J. Lukas)


Box 4-5 March 7: Lessons From Czechoslovakia


Box 4-5 March 21: Is Peace Possible Now?


Box 4-5 March 28: The Conscience of the World


Box 4-5 April 4: Are Our Children Cheated (A.D.B. and Henry Neumann)


Box 4-5 April 11: Universal Military Training


Box 4-5 April 25: Education for Freedom


Box 4-5 May 2: Security: Democratic and Spiritual


Box 4-5 May 9: A Leaderless People


Box 4-5 May 16: Israel: A New Nation


Box 4-5 May 23: The Labor Conflict


Box 4-5 May 30: Ethical Faith


Box 4-5 June 6: Your Personal Freedom


Box 4-5 June 27: America's Conscience


Box 4-5 September 19: Can We Believe in Man?


Box 4-5 September 26: Do We Want Religion in Our Schools?


Box 4-5 October 3. Do We Want Displaced Persons?


Box 4-5 October 10: Conflict Over Berlin


Box 4-5 October 17: The Destruction of Personal Security


Box 4-5 October 31: Your Voice and Your Vote


Box 4-5 November 7: America's Fear and America's Faith


Box 4-5 November 14: The Birth Control Controversy


Box 4-5 November 21: Checking the Marshall Plan


Box 4-5 November 28: Religion and the Child


Box 4-5 December 5: The American Sense of Fair Play


Box 4-5 December 19: Liberalizing Our Divorce Laws


1949


Box 4-5 January 2: War or Peace: A New Year's Challenge


Box 4-5 January 9: The 8Ist Congress


Box 4-5 January 16: The Annual Wage


Box 4-5 January 23: The Inaugural Address


Box 4-5 January 30: A Divided Medical Profession


Box 4-5 February 6: Our Wasted Resources


Box 4-5 February 13: The Case of Cardinal Mindszenty


Box 4-5 February 27: Brotherhood and Segregation


Box 4-5 February 20: Atlantic Pact: War or Peace?


Box 4-5 February 27: Sanity and Faith


1949


Box 4-5 April 3: Work, Happiness and Peace


Box 4-5 April 17: The Easter Spirit


Box 4-5 April 24: Our Policy in China


Box 4-5 May 1: Peace in the World


Box 4-5 May 8: A Constructive Labor Policy


Box 4-5 May 15: Good News!


Box 4-5 May 22: Ethics and Human Conflict


Box 4-5 June 5: Conscience of the City


Box 4-5 June 12: The Religious Rights of Children


Box 4-5 June 19: Religious Instruction and the Child


Box 4-5 June 26: The Meaning of Ethical Religion


Box 4-5 October 7: The Quest for Faith


Box 4-5 October 14: Displaced Persons


Box 4-5 October 21: John Dewey --Educator


Box 4-5 October 28: New Programs of Hatred


Box 4-5 November 4: The Steel Strike


Box 4-5 November 11: The Atomic Bomb


Box 4-5 November 18: The Conflict of Church and State


Box 4-5 December 2: Towards Democracy in Housing


Box 4-5 December 9: Towards World Government


Box 4-5 December 16: The Welfare State


Box 4-5 December 23: The World 1S Children


Box 4-5 December 30: A Free Man's Faith


1950


Box 4-5 January 6: The Right and Wrong of Mercy Killings


Box 4-5 January 19: The People of the City


Box 4-5 January 26: The Conscience of the City


Box 4-5 February 2: American Initiative Then and Now


Box 4-5 February 9: Brotherhood


Box 4-5 February 16: Do We Want Peace?


Box 4-5 March 2: The British Elections


Box 4-5 March 9: U.N. Deadlock


Box 4-5 March 16: A Fighting Faith in Peacetime


Box 4-5 March 23: Good Housing: A Test of Democracy


Box 4-5 March 30: Education for a Foreign Policy


Box 4-5 April 6: Peace and the Sacredness of Life


Box 4-5 April 13: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


Box 4-5 All subsequent talks we're part of the "Equal Justice Under Law" series


1951


Box 4-5 November 25: The Forgottenest People


Box 4-5 December 2: Hospitals and Prejudice


Box 4-5 December 9: What Other Nations Think


Box 4-5 December 16: The Right to Eat


Box 4-5 December 23: The Christmas Spirit and Bigotry


1952


Box 4-5 January 6: Race Violations and "States' Rights"


Box 4-5 January 13: Our Children's Prjudices


Box 4-5 January 20: The Rights of American Indians


Box 4-5 January 27: Freedom of Residence


Box 4-5 February 3: (re: Africa)


Box 4-5 February 10: Negro History Week


Box 4-5 February 17: (re: Groveland Case)


Box 4-5 February 24: Prayers in Public Schools


Box 4-5 March 2 : Conflict Over Segregated Schools


Box 4-5 March 9: Treatment of Chinese and Immigrants


Box 4-5 March 16: Our Immigration Policy


Box 4-5 March 23: Puerto Rican Neighborhoods


Box 4-5 March 30: A Citizen Training Opportunity


Box 4-5 April 6: The Protection of Children


Box 4-5 April 20: (re: Federal Judge W. Waring)


Box 4-5 April 26: K.K.K. and N.A.A.C.P.


Box 4-5 May 4: American Indian Rights


Box 4-5 May 11: Our Children and Youth


Box 4-5 May 25: Housing Discrimination


Box 4-5 June 1: Where Do the Candidates Stand?


Box 4-5 June 8: Learning to Live Democratically and the Life and Teaching of John Dewey


Box 4-5 June 15: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


Box 4-5 June 21: Preparing for Citizenship


Box 4-5 December 27: Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men


1953


Box 4-5 January 18: Anti-Semitism


Box 4-5 January 31: Event in Harlem: Displaced New Yorkers


Box 4-5 February 8: The President's Address


Box 4-5 March 11: Housing and Low-Income Minorities, N.Y.C.


Box 4-5 March 15: School Segregation


Box 4-5 March 22: Segregation (with mention of the Encampment for Citizenship)


Box 4-5 March 29: (re: children of migrant workers)


Box 4-5 April 5: Federal Funding and Segregation


Box 4-5 April 12: Fair Employment Practices


Box 4-5 April 19: The Birth of Israel --Fifth Anniversary


Box 4-5 April 26: Indian and Wardship


Box 4-5 May 10: Housing and Civil Rights


Box 4-5 May 17: U.N.E.S.C.O.


Box 4-5 May 24: Encampment for Citizenship


Box 4-5 May 31: Civil Rights