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55 photographs, mostly solo shots of Brodsky from various events, inlcuding head shots.

670 photographs from various red carpet events depicting Brodsky interviewing various celebrities and politicians. Individuals represented include: Anderson Cooper, Harvey Weinstein, Oprah, Wolf Blltzer, Arianna Huffington, Donald Trump, Michael Moore, Steven Spielberg, and more. Original metadata is unavailable, file names are not all accurate.

Iorio interviews Queen Allyson Ann Allante about her favorite music and her routines at the Stonewall. The rest of the footage is a montage of Allante performing in various locations.

Episode 1 "Outrage" of the documentary "The Question of Equality". Features interviews with Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera about the lead-up to the Stonewall Rebellion. The video also covers the tumultuous period in the years following Stonewall. Produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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This interview with Stanley Killian (1922-1999), Eugene Killian (1920-2012), and Helen Killian (1922-2015) was conducted by Stephen Desroches. Stanley and Helen were Desroches' grandparents, and Eugene was his great-uncle. At the time, Stanley had terminal brain cancer, and when Desroches visited he would record conversations of all present. Topics discussed include the Great Depression, World War II, and the experiences of their immigrant parents. The Killians also share their views on contemporary politics, including gun control, healthcare, the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, and the Democratic and Republican Parties. They also discuss social issues such as divorce and couples living together before marriage.

Recording of Gail Mary Killian and friend listening to Foreigner and Journey and talking about which rock stars they think are cute.

In this two-session interview, Theadora Capaldo discusses the range of her activities in animal advocacy. She begins by describing her youth in North Shore, Massachusetts and the attitudes towards animals that she encountered. Capaldo describes becoming an anti-vivisectionist in 6th grade after reading a teacher's material from the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) and experiences rescuing stray dogs as a youth. She discusses her education in the mental health fields and the connections between human abuse and animal abuse, and the influence of feminism and environmentalism on her outlook.

In this two session interview, Will Anderson reflects on his development as an activist for the environment and animals. Among issues examined are his decision to become a vegetarian and the impact of personal diet choices on the environment. Anderson talks about his education, decisions about college, his work with the Peace Corps, service in the United states Armed Forces (USAF), and his honorable discharge after becoming a conscientious objector. Additionally, he explains the connection between the yearlong travel to Europe and India and his worldview, the development of his sensitivity to animals, and his activist spirit. Anderson discusses his work with Greenpeace, Native American communities, involvement in protest activity and subsequent arrests, and founding of Ecology House and the Marine Animal Coalition (MAC). He also discusses his battle with cancer and experiences as a gay man.

In this two session interview, Peter Singer discusses a range of topics including his family and childhood in Australia; education and activism while in college; interest in ethics and philosophy; employment, research, and writing; and the animal rights movement. Singer discusses his college activism which included participation in the anti-conscription and antiwar movements, and a burgeoning interest in animal issues. Additionally, he worked on the student newspaper and was a member of the Radical Philosophy Group. He recounts meeting David Keshen, Stanley and Roslind Godlovitch who influenced his decision to become a vegetarian. Singer provides detailed information on why and howAnimal Liberationwas written. He discusses his collaboration and with former student Henry Spira, views on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), his participation in protest activity, his views on the status of animal advocacy in the United States, and attention given animal rights by the US media. Singer also gives his views on various campaigns aimed at ending animal testing, farming and research issues. Singer also describes assuming the presidency of Animal Rights International (ARI).

This is a microfiche compilation of the Annual Reports of the Oral History Research Office (OHRO). It encompasses all reports from 1948 to 1975, covering the period from the founding of the OHRO through the year before this microfiche compilation was published in 1976. The reports give insight into changes over the first three decades of the OHRO, covering oral history methodology, budgets, equipment, outputs, noteworthy interviewees, and more.

Interview is part of the Naval history project

In this oral history interview conducted by Kimberly Springer, Bill Weinberg discusses his life, activism, and work as a journalist and author. Weinberg describes his upbringing and youth in Jackson Heights, Queens. He describes the attraction of the Lower East Side, attending punk shows in the city, and his introduction to activism. Entry points to activism included anti-draft activity, Rock Against Racism, and attendance at the Black Hills Survival Gathering in South Dakota, an American Indian Movement-sponsored event protesting uranium mining. He discusses his introduction to anarchism, the Libertarian Book Club, and his personal approaches to anarchism. Weinberg also speaks to his career as a journalist and author of books. He discusses his travels in Latin America, particularly Chiapas, and his reporting for High Times and Native Americas. He discusses the dynamic at High Times in the 1990s as well as the founding of his blog CounterVortex. Weinberg also describes his involvement with the WBAI radio show Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade (MORC). He details how he got involved with the show, other members of the show's collective, and the character of the show. He discusses the show's name and the initial influence of the Moorish Science Movement, and muses on different varieties of "Moorish" identity. He discusses the influence of Bob Fass and his own experiences as a WBAI listener as a youth. He discusses the activities of co-host Ann-Marie Hendrickson, including her anti-nuclear activism, her contributions to MORC, and her WBAI show Mansion for a Rat. He also details his rift with WBAI over political issues that ultimately led to MORC's removal from the station. He gives an analysis of factions of the anti-imperialist Left that took unnuanced, contradictory, and anti-Semitic stances in the years following 9/11. He also discusses these contradictions in the context of United States involvement in Syria. The interview also addresses Weinberg's involvement in activism on the Lower East Side. Specific topics include the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot and its impact through early 1990s, squatters, gentrification, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, and activism around community gardens in the late 1990s through early 2000s.

Patricia Martin describes her time in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. As an African American woman she overcame prejudice to rise through the ranks and gain promotions, and explains some key ways that she was helped by the NYPD Guardians Association along the way. She specifically cites legal actions taken against the NYPD in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Additionally she discusses her childhood in Brooklyn, NY, during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as her experience of the many political awakenings of the 1960s and 1970s. She closes with he views on how the NYPD Guardians Association has evolved over the years and what its role in the future may become.

Annette Spellen describes growing up in Harlem, Bushwick, and Crown Heights, and changes that have affected the community there. She discusses in detail the struggles for women's equality and racial equality in the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Two organizations that were particularly important in those struggles were the Policewomen's Endowment Association and the Guardians Association. She shares memories of the friends and mentors she had in the Guardians Association, as well as details about her work as an undercover officer and a detective with the NYPD Anti-Crime unit, Department of Investigations, and Hostage Negotiation Team.

Deatra Fuller discusses her time as a Police Administrative Aide for the New York City Housing Authority Police and for the New York City Police Department in the 1980s and 1990s. Her perspective on the internal operations of a few different Housing Police Service Areas, and New York City Police Precincts, led her to be very distrusting of police, and the New York City Police Department especially. She shares stories of police misconduct, sexism and social pressures in the work place, and the wrongful arrest of her son. Her friendships with members of her union, AFSCME DC37, and with members of the Guardians Association, were positive sources of support. However, after ten years as a Police Administrative Aide she stopped working for police and never went back. Also described in this interview, is her life in Harlem during the 1960s, and her views on current tensions between police and communities of color, as of 2016.

DiGangi begins this interview by discussing his decision to attend Columbia University, stating that he began to engage with New York City's LGBTQ subculture as a high school student. DiGangi describes initial exposure to gay studies and feminist theory in an undergraduate class with Professor John Archer. From there, DiGangi attended an IRWGS course co-taught by Jean Howard and Martha Howell. As a graduate student at Columbia, the field of sexuality and LGBTQ studies was expanding, and DiGangi and others sought a space to address it. Out of this need arose the Lesbian and Gay Studies Reading Group. With immense support and encouragement, the Lesbian and Gay Studies Reading Group accrued speakers ranging from Martin Duberman, the first director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at CUNY Graduate School, to theorists and critics such as Eve Sedgwick, Wayne Koestenbaum, Douglas Crimp, and Judith Butler. DiGangi describes the ways in which the Lesbian and Gay Studies Reading Group became a legitimate institution within the Columbia community, and the resources it provided to queer students navigating the academy. DiGangi discusses how, in 1995, he helped to organize a conference on activism and academia, and defended a gay student dismissed from the PhD program.

In this interview, Barry reflects on her arrival at Columbia University in 1985. She begins by describing her upbringing in Butler, New Jersey, citing the challenges of being one of nine children and a student in an overcrowded small town high school. Barry goes on to describe her time at Gettysburg College and her pursuit of a Master's degree in history at Columbia. Barry reflects on her decision to move to New York. She shares her experience of coming out and her subsequent encounters with homophobia. Barry characterizes her participation in IRWGS and recalls her efforts in GABLES, the Gay, Bisexual, and Lesbian Employees and Supporters group, which existed from 1993-1997 and arose to combat the inaccessibility to married housing, health benefits, and life insurance for queer couples at the University. Barry describes the limitations of GABLES in a larger discussion of the long and difficult process by which queer women, transgender, and LGBTQ people of color struggled at the University.

Shamus Khan begins this interview by describing his childhood and early academic achievements at St. Paul's School, Haverford College, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Khan recalls stories of his parents' immigration process and briefly reflects on how his undergraduate experience was impacted by his sexuality. Khan discusses the origins of his interest in racial inequality in the classroom and the apprehensive reactions of his colleagues at UW-Madison. After reading the work of Tamara R. Piety, Khan began examining his experience at St. Paul's School. Only a few chapters into his dissertation, Khan joined the faculty of Columbia. He cites limited access to music, art, and a larger queer community as motivating factors for his move to New York. Khan discusses his first book, The Production of Privilege, and acknowledges the role of the 2008 Recession and the Occupy Wall Street movement in its success. Additionally, Khan acknowledges the role of his family's wealth in securing his ability to take academic risks, such as his focus on studying the wealthy. Khan goes on to describe his position as the Chair of the Sociology Climate Committee, which is devoted to issues of social difference in the classroom. In the second section of this interview, Khan discusses sexual assault on campus and the activism surrounding it. He talks about the relationships amongst the administration, the faculty, and student activists, especially those in the organization No Red Tape. Khan goes in depth with his discussion of campus politics and how to change the system. He explains the filing of the Title IX complaint against Columbia University and its repercussions; trigger warnings; and Emma Sulkowicz's Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight). Khan also discusses the Sociology department's lack of response to the 2014 racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Khan concludes the interview by discussing his involvement in IRWGS and SHIFT (Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation).

Barron discusses the origins of Cravath, Swaine and Moore, LLP's relationship with Phoenix House. He explains his own exposure to the therapeutic community model. He elucidates Phoenix House's relationship to the justice system, which was its largest client, and his legal battles that allowed Phoenix to retain its treatment structure. Finally, he talks about more recent efforts to improve Phoenix's data management structure.

Bell begins with a discussion of his initial turn to drug use as a coping mechanism for dealing with academic stresses. After multiple arrests and stints in jail, Bell eventually winds up at Phoenix House, having resolved himself to getting and staying clean. Bell takes great comfort in the therapeutic community, likening it to the community he grew up in. He discusses his growing attachment to Phoenix House and to the people there during his time in-program. Eventually, Bell narrates how he got a job at the payroll department in Phoenix House and the insights he has gained during his time in the organization.

Chris Policano details his pathway to Phoenix House and shares backstory about the building that was slated to be the Nancy Reagan Center and the process of establishing good relations with the Lake View Terrace community. He discusses the therapeutic community method and Phoenix House's role in explaining the crack epidemic to stakeholders during the 1980s. He narrates the challenges of de-stigmatizing the images of addicts, and of defending long-term residential care to the public, funders and doctors. He then speaks on organizational culture and leadership.