Algernon D. Black papers, 1932-1979

Algernon D. Black papers, 1932-1979

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0122
Bib ID:
4079285 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Black, Algernon D. (Algernon David), 1900-1993
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
12 linear feet (27 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, minutes, and publications, including radio talks and platform addresses given at the Society, the papers of several housing committees on which Black served, and autobiographical subject files compiled by Black and documenting his participation in many organizations and social causes.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Algernon D. Black Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Algernon D. Black, 1974, 1976, 1979 & 1981.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Black, Algernon D. Accession number--M74.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/05/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-01-19 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Writer, lecturer, and leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. A.D. Black died in 1993.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Lectures
minutes (administrative records)
Name
Society for Ethical Culture
Place
United States -- Social conditions
Subject
Authors
Ethics -- Societies, etc
Housing
Liberalism
Radio programs

Series I: Catalogued correspondence


Box Unnumbered Box

Cherne, Leo


Box Unnumbered Box

Cousins, Norman


Box Unnumbered Box

Fosdick, Harry Emerson


Box Unnumbered Box

Ickes, Harold L.


Box Unnumbered Box

Isaacs, Stanley M.


Box Unnumbered Box

La Farge, Oliver


Box Unnumbered Box

Parker, Dorothy


Box Unnumbered Box

Pike, James A.


Box Unnumbered Box

Radhakrishaan, Sarvepalli, 1888-


Box Unnumbered Box

Roosevelt, Eleanor


Box Unnumbered Box

Roosevelt, Nicholas


Box Unnumbered Box

Sanger, Margaret


Box Unnumbered Box

Solow, Herbert


Box Unnumbered Box

Stokowski, Leopold


Box Unnumbered Box

Swope, Herbert Bayard


Box Unnumbered Box

Thomas, Norman


Box Unnumbered Box

White, Walter


Box 1-3

Platform Addresses


Box 4-5

Radio Talks


Box 6

Publications


Box 7

City-Wide Citizens Committee on Harlem, 1941-1947


Box 8

City-Wide Citizens Committee on Harlem, 1941-1947


Box 9-11

New York State Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1948-1963


Box 10

New York State Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1948-1963


Box 11

New York State Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1948-1963


Box 12

National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1949-1967


Box 13

National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1949-1967


Box 14

National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1949-1967


Box 14

Financial records of New York and National Committees


Box 15

Appendix to Committee records


Box 16

Records of three parallel organizations while the NYSCDH and NCDH were in effect, 1949-1963


Box 17

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 18

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 19

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 20

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 21

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 22

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 23

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 24

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 25

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 26

Subject File. See attached Folder list


Box 27

Subject File. See attached Folder list

Series II: Algernon D. Black--Platform Addresses, 1932-1973


Box 17-27

Given at regular Sunday morning meetings of the New York Society for Ethical Culture


Box 1-3

1932 January 17: The Myth of Rugged Individualism, 1932 January


Box 1-3

1933 November 6: Our Political Ideals and the City Election, 1933 November


1934


Box 1-3

January 28: The Rights of Children


Box 1-3

April 15: The Coming Struggle for Power


Box 1-3

November 11: How Can We Prepare for Peace?


1935


Box 1-3

April (Easter): New Horizons


Box 1-3

November 24: "It Can't Happen Here" -- Sinclair Lewis


1936


Box 1-3

(No date): Mr. Justice Brandeis


Box 1-3

(No date): Ethical Values in Crisis: The Spanish Revolt


Box 1-3

March 1: Betrayal in Politics


1937


Box 1-3

(No date): The Problem of Divorce


Box 1-3

(No date): The Meaning of Industrial Unrest


Box 1-3

(Easter): Death and Birth of a World


Box 1-3

October 24: Can Democracy Defeat Dictatorship?


Box 1-3

November 14: Should the Church Fight Radicalism?


1938


Box 1-3

January 23: What Kind of Revolution Does American Youth Want?


Box 1-3

February 27: The War Spirit Versus the People's Will to Peace


Box 1-3

March 27: American Patriotism --What Does It Mean?


Box 1-3

October 30: Democracy: The Road Ahead


Box 1-3

November 20: Anti-Semitism: What Is the Answer?


1939


Box 1-3

January 15: "Man's Hope" and "Man's Fate": Andre Malraux


Box 1-3

February 7: The Choice Before American Youth Today


Box 1-3

April 9: Human Faith Under Fire


Box 1-3

September 10: Does Modern Man Need Religion?


Box 1-3

November 12: The Meaning of Hitler


Box 1-3

November 19: The Hard Road to Peace


1940


Box 1-3

January 14: Integrity in Public Life


Box 1-3

February 18: Is the New Deal Dead?


Box 1-3

March 24: A New World: Man's Unconquerable Hope


Box 1-3

October 20: The Rediscovery of Citizenship


Box 1-3

November 10: Is Pacifism the Answer? (Armistice Day)


1941


Box 1-3

February 2: Have Men Lost Their God?


Box 1-3

February 9: The Individual and Mass Behavior


Box 1-3

March 9: Youth's Call to the Older Generation


Box 1-3

April 13: The Ethics of Jesus in a World at War


Box 1-3

June 8: Youth in Search of Religion


Box 1-3

October 5: Dare We Believe in People?


Box 1-3

October 26: Can We Defeat Fascism?


Box 1-3

November 16: American Attitude Toward Soviet Russia


Box 1-3

December 21: Where Men Meet to Seek --A Christmas Talk


1942


Box 1-3

January 18: The War Crisis and This Generation


Box 1-3

March 29: A World Without Hitler


Box 1-3

May 10: Democracy's Unfinished Business


Box 1-3

October 25: Does the World Want Peace?


1943


Box 1-3

March 7: A World Without Hate


Box 1-3

March 14: Our Godless Age


Box 1-3

March 21: The Challenge of Soviet Russia


Box 1-3

March 28: Henry Wallace and the Prophetic Vision


Box 1-3

May 18: Japanese-Americans: Fellow Citizens


Box 1-3

June 13: America's Inner Crisis


Box 1-3

October 31: The Reconstruction of Democratic Society: What Is America's Religion?


Box 1-3

November 7: The Reconstruction of Democratic Society:


Box 1-3

November 7: Free Enterprise Versus Collectivism


Box 1-3

November 14: The Reconstruction of Democratic Society: Will Victory Bring Peace?


Box 1-3

November 21: The Reconstruction of Democratic Society: Wanted: A New Citizenship


1944


Box 1-3

April 16: America's Hour of Danger: Your Stake in the Coming Peace


Box 1-3

April 23: The Rising Tide of Race Conflict


Box 1-3

July 23: Spiritual Security in Wartime


Box 1-3

October 1: The Meaning of Hitler's Defeat


Box 1-3

October 8: The Return of the Soldier


Box 1-3

October 15: The World Crisis and Its Meaning: Is Peace an Illusion?


Box 1-3

October 22 The World Crisis and Its Meaning: What Are We Living For?


1945


Box 1-3

April 1: The Reconstruction of Democratic Faith: The Rebirth of the Democratic World -- An Easter Address


Box 1-3

April 8: The Reconstruction of Democratic Faith: Soviet Russia --A Promise or a Threat?


Box 1-3

April 15: The Reconstruction of Democratic Faith" The Ethics of Private Property Re-Examined


Box 1-3

April 22: Victory: A Challenge to the Schools of America


Box 1-3

June 10: Religion in the Post-War Period


Box 1-3

October 28: A Faith for Free Americans: I: Have We Destroyed Fascism?


Box 1-3

November 4: A Faith for Free Americans: II: Will Collectivism End Freedom?


Box 1-3

November 11: A Faith for Free Americans: III: War or Peace: Science Forces the Issue


Box 1-3

November 18: A Faith for Free Americans: IV: In War and Peace


1946


Box 1-3

February 24: Is Anti-Semitism a Christian Problem


Box 1-3

March 3: The Role of Youth in the Post-War World


Box 1-3

October 27: Must Capitalism Fight Socialism?


Box 1-3

November 3: The Corruption of Democracy


Box 1-3

November 10: The Individual and the Drift to War


Box 1-3

November 17: Religion at the Crossroads


1947


Box 1-3

February 23: On Being an American


Box 1-3

March 2: An Ethical Challenge to Businessmen


Box 1-3

March 9: The Twilight of Imperialism


Box 1-3

March 16: The Sources of Our Faith in People


Box 1-3

October 26: A Faith in God Re-Examined


Box 1-3

November 2: A Faith in Man Re-Examined


Box 1-3

November 9: The Will to Peace: An Armistice Day Address


1948


Box 1-3

February 29: What Is Loyalty?


Box 1-3

March 7: A Man's Religion and His Politics


Box 1-3

March 14: Wanted: An Honest Morality


Box 1-3

April 25: War or Peace With Russia?


Box 1-3

November 28: Has Science Destroyed Faith?


Box 1-3

December 5: Wanted: A New Political Ethics


Box 1-3

December 12: Work Incentives in a New Social Order


1949


Box 1-3

April 10: Moses: His God and His Ethics


Box 1-3

April 17: Jesus: His God and His Ethics


Box 1-3

April 24: The Fear of Communism and Democratic Faith


Box 1-3

May1: Reconstructing International Relations


Box 1-3

September 25: The Meaning of Man's Quest for God


Box 1-3

October 2: The Conflict of Church and Sate


Box 1-3

October 9: Communism and the World Crisis


Box 1-3

October 16: Can We Still Believe in People?


1950


Box 1-3

April 16: A Dying Imperialism and the Birth of a New World


Box 1-3

November 12: The World Crisis and Its Meaning


Box 1-3

November 19: The Welfare State: Its Strengths and Weaknesses


Box 1-3

November 26: Who Are the Loyal Americans?


1951


Box 1-3

April 1: America's -Hour of Danger


Box 1-3

April 29: America's Sense of Values


Box 1-3

May Ethical Platform (5 addresses)


Box 1-3

October 7: The Individual Under Socialism


Box 1-3

October 14: The Reformation of Democracy


Box 1-3

October-November: Ethical Platform (5 addresses)


1952


Box 1-3

January: Ethical Platform (1 ADB address)


Box 1-3

February 17: Honor in Public Life


Box 1-3

February 24: Essentials of an Ethical Economy


Box 1-3

March 2: The Moral Basis for Peace With Russia


Box 1-3

September 31: Are We Fit for Freedom?


Box 1-3

November 9: America's Decision: What Does It Mean?


Box 1-3

November 16: The Fascist Threat to American Freedom


Box 1-3

Ethical Platform: Digests of: l) America's Decision: What Does It Mean? (11/9); 2)The Fascist Threat to America's Freedom (11/16); 3)Can Men Live Without God? (11/23); and addresses by J. Nathanson.


Box 1-3

December 7: War or Peace - Do We Have a Choice?


1953


Box 1-3

April 12: A World Without Stalin


Box 1-3

April 19: The Honor of a Citizen


Box 1-3

March-April: Ethical Platform (4 ADB addresses)


Box 1-3

September 20: Our Quest for Security


Box 1-3

October 4: Capitalism, Socialism and Human Welfare


Box 1-3

October 25: Democratic Versus Authoritarian Religion


Box 1-3

(1954 No Platform Addresses)


1955


Box 1-3

March 27: Capitalism, Socialism and Human Welfare


Box 1-3

April 3: Israel and the World's Conscience


Box 1-3

April 10: Resurrection of the Human Spirit


Box 1-3

April 17: Loyalty in a Revolutionary Age


Box 1-3

April 24: India: Spiritual Challenge to the West


Box 1-3

April-May: Ethical Platform: Digests of: l)Israel and the World's Conscience (4/3); 2) The Resurrection of the Human Spirit -An Easter address (4/10); 3)Loyalty in a Revolutionary Age (4/17); 4)India: Spiritual Challenge to the West (4/24); and an address by J. Nathanson.


Box 1-3

November 13: War Begins in the Minds of Men


Box 1-3

November 20: Can We Depend Upon Human Reason?


1956


Box 1-3

March 4: Ethical Faith in a Godless World


Box 1-3

March 18: Racial Segregation: America's Dilemma


Box 1-3

July 8: Is There a Law of Righteousness?


Box 1-3

November 11: The World Crisis -America's Responsibility


Box 1-3

October-November: Ethical Platform: Digests of: l) Man in Search of God (10/28); 2)The Redemption of Democracy (11/4); 3) The World Crisis: Our American Responsibilities (11/11); 4) Our Happiness and Our Moral Values (11/18); and an address by H. Neumann.


1957


Box 1-3

March 24: The Israel-Arab Conflict and the Conscience of the World


Box 1-3

April 14: Race Conflict-America's Dilemma


Box 1-3

April 21: Spiritual Values and the Pursuit of Happiness


Box 1-3

Ethical Platform: Digests of: l)Parents, Children, and the American Family (4/7); 2)Race Conflict -America's Dilemma (4/14); 3)Spiritual Values and the Pursuit of Happiness (4/21); and an address by H. Neumann.


Box 1-3

July 14: Atomic Energy for Life or Death


Box 1-3

December 8: Juvenile Crime: Whose Responsibility?


Box 1-3

December 15: Soviet Achievement -Its Implications for America


Box 1-3

Ethical Platform (3 ABD addresses)


1958


Box 1-3

March 16: The Ordeal of American Youth


Box 1-3

March 23: Wanted: An Ethical Foreign Policy


Box 1-3

March 30: American Labor Under Fire


Box 1-3

July 6: Foundations of American Independence: Religious Freedom


Box 1-3

July 13: Foundations of American Independence: Human Rights


Box 1-3

October 12: Little Rock: Symbol of America's Dilemma


Box 1-3

October 19: How Can Religion Help Children Face Life?


Box 1-3

October Our Relations With China -The Ethical Question


Box 1-3

November 1: Can Humanism Meet Man's Spiritual Need?


1959


Box 1-3

February 15: Organ Dedication and Meetinghouse Rededication (With J. Nathanson) March 1: The Affluent Society -An Ethical View


Box 1-3

March 8: Our Faith in Human Equality


Box 1-3

March 15: Love and Hate in Human Relations


Box 1-3

March 22: Ancient Prophecy and the Space Age


Box 1-3

July 26: The Meaning of Ethical Culture


Box 1-3

November 22: American-Soviet Relations: The Individual's Responsibility


Box 1-3

November 29: Youth's Challenge to the Older Generation


Box 1-3

December 6: The Family of Man: Our Common Ground of Faith


Box 1-3

December 13: The Courage to Live


1960


Box 1-3

April 3: The Plight of the City --Citizens and Politicians


Box 1-3

April 10: Our Image of America


Box 1-3

April 17: The Moral Crisis of Our Time --An Easter Address


Box 1-3

April 24: Disarmament and the Hope for a Lasting Peace


Box 1-3

July 24: What Is the Greatest Challenge to Education


Box 1-3

July 31: Peace Is Everyone's Responsibility


Box 1-3

October 9: An Ethical View of Intermarriage


Box 1-3

October 16: What We Have Learned About Human Nature in the


Box 1-3

20th Century


Box 1-3

October 23: The Reconstruction of American Ideals


Box 1-3

October 30: Ethical Issues of the Election


Box 1-3

November 6: Wanted: A Foreign Policy for Peace


1961


Box 1-3

February 19: Our Sources of Inner Strength


Box 1-3

February 26: American Youth, Its Rights and Responsibilities


Box 1-3

March 5: The Quest for World Community - Dream or Reality?


Box 1-3

March 12: Landlords and Tenants: The Ethics of Property


Box 1-3

March 19: The Faith in God Re-Examined


Box 1-3

May 28: Ethical Humanism in the Changing World


Box 1-3

November 5: The Election, the City and the Citizen


Box 1-3

November 12: Reflections on Life and Death in the Nuclear Age


Box 1-3

November 19: The Ten Commandments and Our Changing Morality


Box 1-3

December 3: Our Attitude Toward the Communist World


Box 1-3

December 10: What We Stand For -- The Meaning of Ethical Faith


1962


Box 1-3

March 25: An Ethical Critique of "Slums and Suburbs" by


Box 1-3

Dr. James B. Conant


Box 1-3

April 1: War and the Human Conscience


Box 1-3

April 8: The Older Generation — Has It a Place in Modern


Box 1-3

Civilization?


Box 1-3

April 15: The Culture of Poverty and the Cult of Revolution


Box 1-3

April 22: The Meaning of Death and Resurrection -~ An Easter Address


Box 1-3

September 9: Our Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court


Box 1-3

September 16: Has Science Destroyed Our Faith?


Box 1-3

September 23: What Is a Good Life?


Box 1-3

September 30: The American Dream Our Unfinished Business


Box 1-3

October 7:One World or None


1963


Box 1-3

February 10: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation -A Century Later


Box 1-3

February 17: Myth and Reality: What Can a Man Believe?


Box 1-3

February 24: American Labor Faces a New Challenge


Box 1-3

March 3: Terminating Life: Has Man the Right to Make This Decision? (Ethical Aspects of Euthanasia)


Box 1-3

March 10: Cuba and the Foundations of Peace


Box 1-3

June 16: Our Freedom at Stake --National Unity and States' Rights


Box 1-3

November 17: Civil Disobedience and Loyalty --Are They Contradictory?


Box 1-3

November 24: The Death of the President Birth Control --Personal Ethics and Public Policy


Box 1-3

December: Ethical Platform (2 ADB addresses)


1964


Box 1-3

March 22: Human Destiny and Human Happiness


Box 1-3

March 29: The Power to Create and the Power to Love


Box 1-3

June 28: The American Promise: What Is Required of Us?


Box 1-3

August 23: Men -Angels, Devils or Humans? (revised 7/10/66)


Box 1-3

September 20: What Are the Loyalties of American Youth?


Box 1-3

September 27: Integrity in Public Life


Box 1-3

October 4: The War Nobody Wants


Box 1-3

October 11: Free Enterprise, Poverty and Planning


Box 1-3

October 18: Our Sons and Our Daughters


Box 1-3

December 13: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down


1965


Box 1-3

January 31: Our Attitude Toward China


Box 1-3

February 7: Increasing Crime: The Danger in Our City


Box 1-3

February 14: Lincoln: The Promises Men Live By


Box 1-3

February 21: Do We Still Fear Intermarriage?


Box 1-3

February 28: The Perils of Humanism


Box 1-3

June 27: Peace Is Everyone's Responsibility


Box 1-3

October 31: Crucial Issues in the City Elections


Box 1-3

November 7: The Anti-Poverty Program: Hand-Out or Social Reconstruction?


Box 1-3

November 14: The War in Vietnam and America's Conscience


Box 1-3

December 19: Planets, People and Promises --A Holiday Message for Young and Old


1966


Box 1-3

March 6: Marriage and Divorce: Light and Shadow in Family Life


Box 1-3

March 13: Ghettos in the Promised L~nd


Box 1-3

March 20: The Double Standard in International Morality


Box 1-3

March 27: In Defense of Humanism


Box 1-3

May 15: Three Tributes to the Ethical Movement on Its 90th Anniversary, and Ethical Faith in a Revolutionary Age


Box 1-3

July 10: Men --Angels, Devils or Humans? (revised version see also 8/23/64.)


Box 1-3

November 27: The Wretched of the Earth


Box 1-3

December 4: Liberalism and the New Left


Box 1-3

December 11: The Victories of War and the Defeats of Peace


Box 1-3

December 18: The Happiness We Seek and the Happiness We Find


Box 1-3

December 25: A Christmas Message


1967


Box 1-3

March 12: The Abortion Issue and the Sanctity of Life


Box 1-3

March 19: The Growing Conservative Movement: Challenge to America's Freedom


Box 1-3

March 26: You Shall Be As Gods


Box 1-3

July 9: Does Might Make Right?


Box 1-3

July 30: Human Values in American Culture (A Conversation Between A.D. Black and James Farmer)


Box 1-3

November 26: A World Worth Fighting For


Box 1-3

December 3: Myth and Reality: Our Gods and Our Heroes


Box 1-3

December 10: Racism Is a Two-Way Street


1968


Box 1-3

February 11: The Strength and the Might of the Powerless


Box 1-3

March 3: Ideals and Illusions in World Affairs


Box 1-3

March 24: The Child's Future and the World's Uncertainty


Box 1-3

March 31: The Keys to the City


Box 1-3

April 7: Black and White Americans: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Box 1-3

May 19: The Education of the Child in Ethical Humanism


Box 1-3

June 9: The Heroic in Life --A Tribute to Robert Kennedy


Box 1-3

July 14: Housing Issues in the Present Urban Crisis


1969


Box 1-3

March 30: Can American Civilization Save Itself?


Box 1-3

June 8: Politics and Ethics: Our Fears and Hopes for the City


Box 1-3

June 13: Youth's Revolt: Promises and Compromises


Box 1-3

August 10: How We See Ourselves


Box 1-3

November 23: The Caves We Live In


Box 1-3

November 30: The Forgotten American


Box 1-3

December 7: A World Without God


Box 1-3

December 21: The Peacemakers


1970


Box 1-3

March 29 : Non-Violence and Violence in Religion --An Easter Address


Box 1-3

April 5 : Our Quest for Faith: Is Humanism Enough?


Box 1-3

April 12: A Margin Worth Fighting For


Box 1-3

June 14: The Re-Education of Americans


Box 1-3

November 8: The Israeli-Arab Conflict: The Human Conscience


1971-72


Box 1-3

April 11, 1971 Acts of War: The Guilt and The Responsibility, An Easter Address, April 11, 1971


Box 1-3

May 14, 1972 War or Peace: The National Emergency -The New York Board of Leaders and the President of the Society, May 14, 1972


Box 1-3

1973-1980 - 2 Folders, 1973-1980


Box 1-3

1981-1 Folder

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


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January 10: Victory and the Automobile Industry


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January 17: Henry Ford's Apology


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January 24: Youth Delinquency in This War


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January 31: Beyond Tolerance


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February 7: The New Fascist Line


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February 14: Lincoln and Appeasement


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February 21: Appeasement Within


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February 28: Anti-British Feeling


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March 5: Hitler's Challenge


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March 12: Something New in Youth Education


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March 19: American Disunity


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March 26: The Labor Controversy and the War


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April 2: The Anti-Semitic Line


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April 9: Defeat and Victory


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April 16: John Lovejoy Elliot: A Tribute


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April 23: Freedom of the Press


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April 30: Hitler's and Roosevelt's Speeches


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May 7: A Job for All of Us


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May 14: Congress and Peace


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May 21: Enemy Aliens


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May 28: Child Life the City


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June 4: The Case of Harry Bridges


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June 11: Good News


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June 18: The Education Budget


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June 25: The Poll Tax


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July 2: Henry Ford and War Housing


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July 9: PM and the War Effort


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July 16: The Unconquerable Spirit


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July 23: The Enemy Within --Inflation


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July 30: The Dies Committee on Trial


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September 3: The Youth Assembly and the War (not received)


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September 10: Leader or Dictator


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September 13: Have Americans a Fighting Faith? (WOR)


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September 17: A Second Front


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September 24: Getting Tough


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October 1: Parity


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October 8: A New Venture


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October 15: Drafting the Young


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October 22: Drafting of Labor


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November 5: Between Two Worlds


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November 12: Fit for Peace


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November 19: The Sabotage of Democracy


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November 26: Thankfulness and Citizenship


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December 3: Democratic Advance -- Social Security


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December 10: Opportunity and Free Enterprise


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December 17: Unfitting the Citizens of Tomorrow


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December 24: The Christian Spirit and the Extermination of the Jews


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December 31: New Year Wishes


1943


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January 14: Leon Henderson, Scapegoat


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January 21: The War for Equality


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January 28: The Casablanca Meeting


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February 4: Citizenship Opportunities


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February 6: Our Common Faith (WOR)


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February 11: A Job to Do


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February 18: Labor and Fair Play


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February 25: Gandhi's Fast


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March 4: Americans as Trustees!


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March 11: American Workers' Morale and Absenteeism


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March 16: re: Harlem (no title) - (WMCA)


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March 18: Food and Farmers


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March 25: A Political Landmark


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April 1: Testing Our Wisdom


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April 8: Making History


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April 15: The Color Line


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April 22: Youth and Security


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April 29: The Coal Crisis


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May 6: Anti-Labor Hysteria


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May 20: America the Good Neighbor


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May 24: Americanism Democracy and Race Justice (WMCA)


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May 27: Democratic Integrity


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June 3: Economic Citizenship


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June 10: Youth Demoralization


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June 17: Responsible Citizenship


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June 24: Social Explosions


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October 17: Democratic Education


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October 24: Freedom's Children or Hitler's


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October 31: International Collaboration


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November 7: The Ballot


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November 14: Food Subsidies


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November 21: Juvenile Delinquency


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November 28: Democratic Disunity


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December 5: The Granary of Democracy


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December 12: The Soldier Vote


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December 19: Democratic Employment


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December 26: Peace on Earth --And War


1944


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January 2 : The Attacks on Jews


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January 9: War-Time Strikes


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January 16: America Must Choose


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April 13: This Year of Decision


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April 20: The Fight to Vote


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April 27: Cartels and the Peace


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May 4: Hate as a Political Weapon


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May 11: Challenge to the T.V.A.


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May 18: Japanese-Americans: Fellow Citizens


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May 25: A People's Congress


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June 1: America's Conscience and the Negro


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June 8: A Time of Consecration


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June 15: Blueprint for X-Day


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June 22: The End of Hitler


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June 29: The Choice of a President


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July 6: Independence and Interdependence


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July 13: The De Gaulle Question


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July 20: Henry Wallace


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


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August 3: The Race Issue in the Coming Election


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August 10: The Controversy Over the Kilgore Bill


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August 17: "Wilson and Soldier Censorship


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August 24: Spiritual Security in Wartime


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August 31: The Challenge to the Schools


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September 7: Labor and the Election


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September 14: Compulsory Military Training


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September 21: The World's Conscience and the Jew


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September 28: An Ethical Approach to Religion


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October 5: Do We Need a World Police Force?


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October 12: The Election's Challenge to the Citizen


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October 19: The Foreign Policy and the Election


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October 26: The Spanish Crisis Congress and the Presidential Election


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November 9: Our Post-Election Duties


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November 16: At the Peace Table


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November 23: A New Thankfulness


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November 30: Health for All the People


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December 7: Racism and the Right to Work


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December 14: Are We Fumbling the Peace?


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December 21: America's Duty in Liberated Countries


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December 28: A Crisis in Morale


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


1945


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January 4: A Challenge to American Citizenship


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January 25: The Wallace Appointment


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February 1: The Controversy Over the Wallace Appointment


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February 8: Do We Need a Labor Draft?


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February 15: Can We Legislate Against Discrimination?


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February 22: The Fight Against Discrimination


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March 1: The Liberation of the Philippines


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March 8: Universal Military Training


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March 10: What Do Americans Believe? (WOR)


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March 15: Education at the Crossroads


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March 22: Cooperation in the War Effort


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March 29: Is This the Collapse of Nazism?


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April 5: America's Responsibility for Peace


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April 12: The Death of the President


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April 19: Our New President


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April 26: The Issues at San Francisco


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May 3: The Nazi Surrender


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May 10: Our Relations With Soviet Russia


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May 17: Sabotage at San Francisco


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May 24: The New Fascist Threat


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May 31: Democracy and Racism


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June 7: The Treatment of Germany•


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June 14: The Conflict Over Argentina


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June 21: The General Comes Home


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June 28: The Work of Frances Perkins


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July 5: Is American Independence Enough?


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July 12: Reaction and Political Ethics


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July 19: Harold Ickes --A Controversial Figure


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July 26: The British Elections


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August 2 : The Challenge to the Schools


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August 16: The War's End


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August 23: What Is the Ethical Movement


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September 6: The Employment Crisis


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September 13: What Is a War Criminal?


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September 20: Religion in the Post-War Period


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


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October 4: Race Conflict Among Our Youth


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October 11: The Marshall Report


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October 18: Crisis in the Schools


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October 25: The President's Message


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November 1: Ethics in Politics


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November 8: The Labor-Management Conference


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November 15: The Atomic Bomb


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November 22: A Thanksgiving Message


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November 29: Religious Education and Religious Freedom


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December 6: Losing the Peace


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December 13: Our Relations with Franco Spain


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December 20: The Housing Crisis


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December 28: Faith in Our Time


1946


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January 3: President Truman's Message


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January 10: A Challenge to the U..N.O.


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January 17: The G.I. Demonstrations


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January 24: The Labor Crisis


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January 31 : Petition to the U.N.O.


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February 7: Policy in Germany


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February 14: Fair and Full Employment


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February 21: Religion in the News


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February 28: The U.N.O. and War


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March 7: Sinews of Peace?


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March 14: A New Citizenship I


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March 21: The U.N.O. --Our Responsibility


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March 28: Encampment for Citizenship


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April 4: The Need for Democratic Orientation


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April 11: The Need for New Leadership


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April 18: The O. P.A.


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April 25: The Re-Birth of Fascism


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May 2: Crisis in Palestine


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May 9: A Threat to Peace


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May 16: The Coal Crisis


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May 23: Housing and the Race Question


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May 30: The Strike Crisis


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June 6: Ethical Issues in the Labor Crisis


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June 13: The Strike Against Price Control


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June 20: The Timone Appointment


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June 27: The Security Council and the Spanish Issue


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July 4: July Fourth Challenge


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July 11: The Drift to War


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July 18: Fascist Racism


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July 25: The Rights of Children --Democratic and Religious


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October 4: Ethics in Our Time


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October 11: The Nuremberg Trials


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October 25: The Challenge to the U.N. Assembly


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November 10: The Elections of '46


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November 17: The Veto and the Bomb


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November 24: John Lewis and Labor's Crisis


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December 1: The New Anti-Communism


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December 8: The Coal Strike Is Over –BUT


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December 15: Report on Germany


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December 22: Is Our Youth Lawless?


1947


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January 5: The Three Fronts


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January 12: Report on China


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January 19: The Price of Milk


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January 26: The Crisis in Georgia


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February 2: Religious Freedom and the Rights of Children


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February 9: The Issue of Rent Control


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February 16: Our Children's Teachers


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February 23: Free Unions and Free Enterprise


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March 2: The Lilienthal Appointment


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March 9: Palestine in Crisis


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March 16: The German Problem and the President's Speech on the Greek Loan


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March 23: The Lost Individual


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March 30: Is the Enemy Communism?


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April 6: What Price Segregation?


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April 13: Roosevelt's Heritage to Us


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April 20: The Plight of Youth


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April 27: Man's Greatest Need: Spiritual Security


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May 4: Palestine: A World Problem


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May 11: Wanted: A Constructive Labor Policy


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May 18: Human Rights and Responsibilities


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May 25: World Famine


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June 1: Quest for a People's Program


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June 8: Military Training for What?


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June 13: The Strike Against Price Control


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June 15: Hollywood Subversive?


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June 22: The New Intolerance


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June 29: The Ethical Movement


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September 7: America and the Atomic Issue


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September 14: Fire Over Palestine


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September 21: The American Merry-Go-Round


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September 28: The Revival of Hooverism


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October 5: Education for Freedom?


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October 12: War or Peace with Russia?


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October 19: The People's Government


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October 26: Americanism Under Fire


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November 9: America, Russia and Peace


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November 16: American Aid to Europe


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November 23: An Ethical Faith


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November 30: A Great American


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December 7: United Nations: Success or Failure?


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December 14: Freedom Road


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December 21: A Christmas Message (not received)


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December 28: 1948 A Look Ahead, 1948


1948


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January 4: What Is Loyalty?


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January 11: Our Foreign Policy


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January 18: Our Puerto Rican Neighbors and Citizens


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January 25: Bearing False Witness


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February 1: Militarism in a Democracy


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February 8: Anti-Semitism


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February 15: Fruits of Empire


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February 22: The Meaning of Equality


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


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March 7: Lessons From Czechoslovakia


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March 21: Is Peace Possible Now?


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March 28: The Conscience of the World


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


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April 11: Universal Military Training


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April 25: Education for Freedom


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May 2: Security: Democratic and Spiritual


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May 9: A Leaderless People


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May 16: Israel: A New Nation


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May 23: The Labor Conflict


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May 30: Ethical Faith


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June 6: Your Personal Freedom


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June 27: America's Conscience


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September 19: Can We Believe in Man?


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September 26: Do We Want Religion in Our Schools?


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October 3. Do We Want Displaced Persons?


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October 10: Conflict Over Berlin


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October 17: The Destruction of Personal Security


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October 31: Your Voice and Your Vote


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November 7: America's Fear and America's Faith


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November 14: The Birth Control Controversy


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November 21: Checking the Marshall Plan


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November 28: Religion and the Child


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December 5: The American Sense of Fair Play


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December 19: Liberalizing Our Divorce Laws


1949


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January 2: War or Peace: A New Year's Challenge


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January 9: The 8Ist Congress


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January 16: The Annual Wage


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January 23: The Inaugural Address


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January 30: A Divided Medical Profession


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February 6: Our Wasted Resources


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February 13: The Case of Cardinal Mindszenty


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February 27: Brotherhood and Segregation


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February 20: Atlantic Pact: War or Peace?


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February 27: Sanity and Faith


1949


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April 3: Work, Happiness and Peace


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April 17: The Easter Spirit


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April 24: Our Policy in China


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May 1: Peace in the World


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May 8: A Constructive Labor Policy


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May 15: Good News!


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May 22: Ethics and Human Conflict


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June 5: Conscience of the City


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June 12: The Religious Rights of Children


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June 19: Religious Instruction and the Child


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June 26: The Meaning of Ethical Religion


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October 7: The Quest for Faith


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October 14: Displaced Persons


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October 21: John Dewey --Educator


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October 28: New Programs of Hatred


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November 4: The Steel Strike


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November 11: The Atomic Bomb


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November 18: The Conflict of Church and State


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December 2: Towards Democracy in Housing


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December 9: Towards World Government


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December 16: The Welfare State


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December 23: The World 1S Children


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December 30: A Free Man's Faith


1950


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January 6: The Right and Wrong of Mercy Killings


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January 19: The People of the City


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January 26: The Conscience of the City


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February 2: American Initiative Then and Now


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February 9: Brotherhood


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February 16: Do We Want Peace?


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March 2: The British Elections


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March 9: U.N. Deadlock


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March 16: A Fighting Faith in Peacetime


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March 23: Good Housing: A Test of Democracy


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March 30: Education for a Foreign Policy


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April 6: Peace and the Sacredness of Life


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April 13: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


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All subsequent talks we're part of the "Equal Justice Under Law" series


1951


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November 25: The Forgottenest People


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December 2: Hospitals and Prejudice


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December 9: What Other Nations Think


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December 16: The Right to Eat


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December 23: The Christmas Spirit and Bigotry


1952


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January 6: Race Violations and "States' Rights"


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January 13: Our Children's Prjudices


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January 20: The Rights of American Indians


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January 27: Freedom of Residence


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February 3: (re: Africa)


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February 10: Negro History Week


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February 17: (re: Groveland Case)


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February 24: Prayers in Public Schools


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March 2 : Conflict Over Segregated Schools


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March 9: Treatment of Chinese and Immigrants


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March 16: Our Immigration Policy


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March 23: Puerto Rican Neighborhoods


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March 30: A Citizen Training Opportunity


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April 6: The Protection of Children


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April 20: (re: Federal Judge W. Waring)


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April 26: K.K.K. and N.A.A.C.P.


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May 4: American Indian Rights


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May 11: Our Children and Youth


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May 25: Housing Discrimination


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June 1: Where Do the Candidates Stand?


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June 8: Learning to Live Democratically and the Life and Teaching of John Dewey


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June 15: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


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June 21: Preparing for Citizenship


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December 27: Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men


1953


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January 18: Anti-Semitism


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January 31: Event in Harlem: Displaced New Yorkers


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February 8: The President's Address


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


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March 15: School Segregation


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March 22: Segregation (with mention of the Encampment for Citizenship)


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March 29: (re: children of migrant workers)


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April 5: Federal Funding and Segregation


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April 12: Fair Employment Practices


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April 19: The Birth of Israel --Fifth Anniversary


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April 26: Indian and Wardship


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May 10: Housing and Civil Rights


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May 17: U.N.E.S.C.O.


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May 24: Encampment for Citizenship


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May 31: Civil Rights

Series IV: Miscellaneous Addresses, late 1930s-1962 September


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Late 1930s On the Nature of Liberty, 1930s


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1938 no title (re: France and the future of liberty), 1938


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March 1938 "What Youth Asks" address to an older audience, March 1938


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July 1938 Concerning Fascist Forces and "Democracy in Action", July 1938


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December 25, 1938 Addresses by Dr.Wi1he1m Boerner, Ormsbee W. Robinson, &A.D. Black re: Christmas), December 25, 1938


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ca. 1939 Opening Words Sunday Morning ere: Isolation/Collective Meeting of Ethical Security) Society, 1939


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1941-42 Men of Little Faith Radio Talk


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1941-42 (re: personal isolationism) Radio Talk


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1941-42 The Wagner Act and the Republic Steel Case Radio Talk


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1941-42 (re: isolationism and interdependence between U.S.A. Radio Talk and Europe)


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1941-42 (Question re: World War II) Radio Talk


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January 4, 1942. Message in Response to President Roosevelt's Call to Religious Organizations to Mark America's Entry into the War


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June 11, 1944. Invasion: A Time of Consecration (Jerome Nathanson, Dr. V.T. Thayer, Algernon D. Black) Special morning service of N.Y. Ethical Society


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Spring 1945 (after 4/12) On the Death of F.D.R., 1945


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April 14, 1945 Memorial Service in Honor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Special morning service of N.Y. Ethical Society, April 14, 1945


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May 8, 1945. V-E Day Services. Special morning service of N.Y. Ethical Society


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May 16, 1945. V-J Services. Special morning service of N.Y. Ethical Society


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May 1947. Draft of Declaration on Human Rights and Responsibilities. Policy statement of American Ethical Union.


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October 13, 1956. An Ethical Philosophy of Life. Lecture given outside of Society.


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May 18, 1958. Your Life and Your Faith, A Graduation Address Purpose Graduation Address, Ethical Culture Schools


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September 1962. The Theory and Practice of Effective Community Action / Memo as basis for discussion Prepared for Leaders Seminar of the American Ethical Movement

Series V: Pamphlets, circa 1935-1967


Subseries V.1: Published under auspices of N.Y. Society for Ethical Culture and/or American Ethical Union, circa 1935-1964 April


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A. Ethical Culture Movement/Ethical Culture Society


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Ethical Faith (Ca. 1950)


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The Meaning of Ethical Culture (1960)


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Ethical Culture: A Living Faith for Modern Man (1963)


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Are We Religious? (ca. 1946)


B. Religious and Moral Issues


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What Men Live By (ca. 1935)


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Our Godless Age (3/14/43)


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The Church and Religious Freedom (December 1949)


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Can Humanism Meet Man's Spiritual Need? (1959)


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Our Moral Heritage in a World Without God (Annual Felix Adler Memorial Lecture, April 1964)


C. Discrimination and Civil Rights


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Anti-Semitism: Is There an Answer? (1938)


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The City's Children and the Challenge of Racial Discrimination (1958)


D. Politics and Democracy


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Democracy and Ethical Culture (late 1930s)


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War and the Individual -- Is Pacifism the Answer? (ca. 1937)


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War and the Democratic Spirit ( September 13, 1932 - A.D. Black and J. Nathanson), September 13, 1932


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The Road Ahead (October 30, 1938)


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Can We Save America's Freedom? (March 29, 1953)


E. Family, Children


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The Religious Education of the Child (2 editions: 1930s and revised edition ca. 1950), 1930s


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Ethics of Birth Control (1936)


Miscellaneous


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Memorial for Benjamin Cohen (A.D.B. and other speakers -March 1960)


Subseries V.2: Non-Ethical Society pamphlets, 1936, 1954, 1958, 1967


A. Public Affairs Committee, 1954, 1958, 1967


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If I Marry Outside My Religion (2 editions: 1954 -#204; and revised version 1967 -#204A), 1954, 1967


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Who's My Neighbor? (October 1958 -#273) and edition: Fair Play in Housing --Who's My Neighbor? (1966 -#396), 1958


B. Discrimination, 1936


Box 6

Ethical Issues of the Armenian Question (1936 reprinted from The Standard)

Series VI: Miscellaneous Publications


Subseries VI: 1. Ethical Culture, 1934 October-1962 April


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Ethical News: "War and Human Conscience II (April 1, 1962)


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Ethical Religion Speaks: "Soviet Achievement: Implications for America" (December 15, 1957)


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The Humanist: "Civil Rights and Ethical Responsibilities" (April 1951)


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Ideals at Work: "United Nations Greeted by Ethical Leaders" (December 1955) Morality and American Freedom (Book, with selections by leaders of Ethical Culture Society) (1972)


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News Letter, New York Society for Ethical Culture: "An Easter Message" (April 1957)


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The Standard: "The Rights of Children" (October 1934)


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"An Approach to Moral Education" (November 1937)


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"Ethical Religion and Youth" (May or June, 1939')


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"The Ethical Movement and Human Experience" (February 1940)


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"Ethical Societies Must Face the Future" (March 1944)


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"The Armenian People" (March 1946)


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"Divorce By Mutual Consent" (January 1949)


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"The Case of Cardinal Mindszenty" (March 1949)


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"You and World Religion" (Lyman Bryson & A.D.B. –November-December 1953)


Subseries VI: 2. Miscellaneous periodicals, 1932 February-1971 July


Church and Society


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Issue titled "Voluntary Parenthood" , with articles by A.D. Black and Margaret Sanger and Hannah Stone, 1932 February


The Churchman


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"Is Humanism Enough?", 1971 June-July


The Journal of Intergroup Relations:


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"The Quest for Community", 1959-1960 Winter


Child Study:


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"Religious Education in the Ethical Movement" (February 1936)


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"Youth and Citizenship Responsibility" (Summer 1942)


National Parent-Teacher:


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"How Children Acquire Morale" (September 1951)


School Parent:


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"What Are Youth Is Questions?" (October 1936)


School Volunteer News (Public Education Association):


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"Helping the Child to Live and Learn: Challenge to the Citizens" (November 1963)

Series VII: Books -- Algernon David Black, 1962-1974


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The People And The Police – Publisher McGraw-Hill., 1968


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The First Book Of Ethics --Publisher, Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965


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The Young Citizens, The Story of the Encampment for Citizenship, Publisher, Frederick Ungar, Co., 1962


Box 6

Without Burnt Offerings: Ceremonies of Humanism. Viking, 1974.


Box 6

The Woman Of The Wood: A Tale from old Russia. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1973.

Series VIII: Subject Files


Subseries VIII: 1 - Settlement Work, 1923-1930


Box 17

l. My first Settlement House Job -The Hudson Guild in Chelsea – Hell's Kitchen", 1923


Box 17

2. Hudson Guild -Settlement House


Box 17

3. My Work: at Madison House Settlement -1926-1930


Box 17

4. Madison House Settlement General (Appendix)


Subseries VIII: 2 - Labor Movement, undated


Box 17

5. My Work in the Labor Movement (1)


Box 17

6. My Work in the Labor Movement•(2)


Box 17

7. My Work in the Labor Movement (3)


Box 17

8. West Virginia Children of the Coal Mines Project


Subseries VIII: 3: Birth Control, 1929-1970s


Box 18

9. Birth Control Movement -The Beginnings of My Involvement (1929-1930)


Box 18

10. Birth Control Movement -My Involvement thru, 1940s


Box 18

11. Birth Control Involvement Welfare and Health Council of New York Crisis and Conflict - 1953


Box 18

12. Birth Control Involvement - Activities in the 1950s


Box 18

13. Birth Control Movement: - 1960s and 1970s, 1960s, 1970s


Subseries VIII: 4: Abortion Reform, undated


Box 18

14. Abortion Reform Movement


Box 18

15. Movement for Voluntary Sterilization


Box 18

16. Abortion Reform Movement. BOX 19


Subseries VIII: 5: "Subversive"-The McCarthy Era, 1938-1960, undated


Box 19

17. Subversive -"Guilt By Association" -The Beginnings


Box 19

18. Subversive -My "Respectabilities" or "Unlisted" organizations -Awards and Activities


Box 19

19. Subversive -House UnAmerican Activities Committee -Background.


Box 19

20. Attacks based on H.U.A.C. Listings.


Box 19

21. Subversive –H.U.A.C. Attacks -"Guilt by Association"


Box 19

22. Subversive Examples of Activities with Organizations Listed by HUAC as subversive.


Box 19

23. Subversion – The Spanish Civil War


Box 19

24. The Spanish Civil War -Appendix


Box 20

25. Subversion -1939-1940 -Greater New York Conference on Inalienable Rights


Box 20

26. Subversion -Attack by a Newspaper -"The Tablet"


Box 20

27. Subversion - 1948 -"Tablet"/Youthbuilders Attack, 1948


Box 20

28. Subversive -Correspondence on Attack on The Encampment for Citizenship by H.U.A.C.


Box 20

29. Examples of Work, Social Activism, Community Action outside the The Ethical Society.


Box 20

30. Subversion -Freedom House -Controversy, 1960


Box 20

31. Subversive -1943-1949 –The Waldorf Conference Controversy


Box 21

32. Subversive -The Passport Incident


Box 21

33. Subversive The F.B.I. File


Box 21

34. Subversive - CIA File -1938 through Present


Subseries VIII: 6: Radio Experience, undated


Box 21

35. My Radio Experiences


Box 21

36. Drafts and Samples of WQXR Scripts.


Box 21

37. My Radio Experience -Excerpts of Radio "Fan" Mail


Box 21

38. Radio Experience -Miscellaneous Scripts for Various Stations


Box 21

39. Radio Addresses by Other Leaders


Subseries VIII: 7: Experience In Indian Affairs, 1954, 1974, undated


Box 22

40. Sabbatical Year and My Trip to the Reservations (1954)


Box 22

41. How I Became Involved•


Box 22

42. Appendix -Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.


Box 22

43. A Visit to Three Tribes -1954--The Menominee


Box 22

44. A Visit .to the Chippewa at Red Lake


Box 22

45. Stopover After Pine Ridge


Box 22

46. The Oglala Sioux at Pine Ridge


Box 22

47. My Report – Some Reflections


Box 22

48. Indian Affairs - Appendix


Box 22

49. Report of 1954 to the Menominee on Termination -and the Menominee Revisited in 1974, 1954, 1974


Subseries VIII: 8: Study On Medicine, 1962-1972


Box 22

50. Study on Discrimination in Medicine (1962-1963)


Box 22

51. Discrimination in Medicine -Appendix


Box 22

52. Special Projects -Study on Nurses, 1962-1963


Box 22

53. August 1972 -A Report on and Visit to Overboook, A State Correctional Institute for Boys, ages 8-12 New York., August 1972


Subseries VIII: 9: Work Camps for America, 1940-1941, undated


Box 23

54. Work Camps for America -1940-1941


Box 23

55. Work Camps for America -Appendix (Copies of Various Minutes)


Box 23

56. Work Camps for America (Relationship with International Student Service)


Subseries VIII: 10: Encampment for Citizenship, 1940-1969


Box 23

57. Encampment for Citizenship -Its Beginnings, Purposes & General Background


Box 23

58. Encampment for Citizenship -The Campers


Box 23

59. Encampment for Citizenship -The Campers -What They Think They Got and What They Did


Box 23

60. Encampment for Citizenship -Faculty and Staff


Box 23

61. Encampment for Citizenship -Staff Handbook


Box 24

62. Encampment for Citizenship -Staff Evaluation of the Encampment


Box 24

63. Encampment for Citizenship -Educational Program Outlines, 1940s-1960s


Box 24

64. Encampment for Citizenship -Workshops


Box 24

65. Encampment for Citizenship -International Workshops


Box 24

66. Encampment for Citizenship Lectures


Box 25

67. Encampment for Citizenship Educational Policies Committee


Box 25

63. Encampment for Citizenship -Constitution Meetings/Finance


Box 25

69. Encampment for Citizenship -Educational Policy Committee


Box 25

70. Encampment for Citizenship -The Berkeley Encampment (1953-1959-1960)


Box 25

71. Encampment for Citizenship -Puerto Rico Encampment (1959-1961)


Box 25

72. Encampment for Citizenship -Puerto Rico Encampments (1962-1969)


Box 25

73. Encampment for Citizenship "The Young Citizens" -Response to my Letter -1959-1960


Box 26

74. Encampment for Citizenship -Alumni Letters


Box 26

75. Encampment for Citizenship -Individual Stories


Box 26

75. Encampment for Citizenship -Peace Corps


Subseries VIII:11 New York City Police/Civilian Complaint Review Board, 1966


Box 26

77. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (1)


Box 26

78. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (2)


Box 26

79. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (3)


Box 26

80. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (4)


Box 26

8l. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (5)


Box 26

82. Civilian Complaint Review Board - (6)


Subseries VIII:12 -Personalities -As I Remember Them, undated


Box 27

83. Eleanor Roosevelt


Box 27

84. Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. J.Robert Oppenheimer


Box 27

85. Senator George Metcalf, Frances Levenson, Dr. George Cannon Congressman Earl Brown, "Nanny" Pollitzer


Box 27

86. Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Norman, Monsignor Cornelius J. Drew.


Box 27

87. Leopold Stowkowski, Walter White, Jackie Robinson.


Box 27

School Study


Box 27

Special Study-Negroes in TV