Eleanor Roosevelt

The former First Lady in the WNYC studio as a disc jockey for the March of Dimes.  And, Elvis is King, of course.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt interviews her friend Mary McLeod Bethune in a 1949 radio broadcast in support of 'interracial understanding.'

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Unnamed band plays the Star Spangled Banner. Reverend Yager is introduced and gives a prayer related to the dangers of fire: "Open their eyes, Oh God, to the causes of fire ...

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Theme of Conference: "To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance,"
170th Anniversary of George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island where he wrote the phrase ...

The former First Lady addresses inmates by recording about her recent trip to the Middle East.

As part of a fundraising effort for the March of Dimes, Eleanor Roosevelt reveals her "hidden talent" as a disc jockey.

"In the South, we should fulfill the court's mandate to act in good faith...You have to give federal protection to the right to vote. You have to change housing in the South to desegregate schools."

Helen Keller is honored at a dinner on the eve of her departure for a tour of South Asia.

Various educators celebrate the Columbia University Bicentennial at "Conference Four." The theme of the conference was "education, health, [religion], and social services as they affect the citizen today."
Speakers include Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, along with university presidents, government secretaries, and educators.

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American Association for the United Nations ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt addresses a large group of people but it's not clear who.

Eleanor Roosevelt talks about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and urges the audience to ...

We have to prove our commitment to human rights.

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National Association of Practical Nursing

Mrs. Roosevelt acts as representative of the consumers of nursing services. Listeners would be interested in what she sees as the importance of ...

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Mrs. Roosevelt frames her support for Mayor O'Dwyer by talking about what he was able to accomplish with very few resources during the war years. Additional topics include labor, strikes, and ...

Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women

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Presentation of Henrietta Szold award to Mrs. Roosevelt, by an unnamed woman, in recognition for her work with Hadassah to rescue children through Youth Aliyah. During her speech, Mrs. Roosevelt discusses ...