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Al Green Discusses His Career and Conversion.
Singer Al Green. Green's one of the greats of soul and gospel music. He's probably best known for his hit, "Let's Stay Together." He'll talk about his musical career, and about his being "born again" as a Christian.(Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6/21/91)
Labor Day Special: Studs Terkel on Work.
Journalist Studs Terkel. He talks about his own work and about workers. (This is a excerpt from a 1985 interview with Terry).
An Angry, Witty and Trenchant Memoir.
Book critic John Leonard reviews a new book about the decline of the labor movement, "Which Side are you on: Trying to be for Labor When its flat on its back," by Thomas Geoghegan.
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