Freedom's Ladder : About
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Carrying a sign in front of a milk company, Chicago, Illinois, July 1941. (Photograph by John Vachon. FSA-OWI Collection Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.)
A short program dedicated to helping WNYC's listenership understand evolving civil rights issues in a dynamic format.
Bill Chase's Freedom's Ladder (1945-1946) joined many WNYC programs aimed at raising awareness of racial issues and instructing the citizenry on the ways in which Anti-Discrimination laws would impact their lives. Uniquely, Freedom's Ladder mixed entertainment like jazz and artist interviews with serious discussion of navigating the ins and outs of filing discrimination complaints.