Louis "Studs" Terkel (born May 16, 1912) is an American author, historian and broadcaster. May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Authorship redirects here. ...

Early life and career

Terkel was born in New York City, but at the age of ten, he moved with his family to Chicago, Illinois, where he has spent most of his life. His father, Samuel, was a tailor and his mother, Anna (Finkel) was a seamstress. He had three brothers. From 1926 to 1936, his parents ran a rooming house that was a collecting point for people of all types. Terkel credits his knowledge of the world to the tenants who gathered in the lobby of the hotel and the people who congregated in nearby Bughouse Square. In 1939, he married Ida Goldberg and had one son, Paul (also known as Dan), named after Paul Robeson. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Communist sympathizer, Spingarn Medal winner, and Lenin Peace Prize laureate. ...

He attended the University of Chicago, and received a J.D. degree in 1934, but chose not to pursue a career in law. Instead, he joined the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project, working in radio, doing work ranging from voicing soap opera productions and announcing news and sports, to presenting shows of recorded music and writing radio scripts and advertisements. The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 by Presidential order (Congress funded it annually but did not set it up). ... Poster advertising a Federal Writers Project publication. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Broadcast News may refer to: Broadcast News, the 1987 movie. ... // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ...

Terkel is well known for his radio program titled The Studs Terkel Program that aired on 98.7 WFMT Chicago between 1952 and 1997. The one-hour program appeared each weekday during all of that time. He interviewed guests as diverse as Bob Dylan and Leonard Bernstein. WFMT is a fine arts and classical music FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ...

Terkel published his first book, Giants of Jazz, in 1956. He followed it with a number of other books, most focusing on the history of the United States people, relying substantially on oral history. He also serves as a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Chicago History Museum. “American history” redirects here. ... Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ... The Chicago History Museum (formerly known as the Chicago Historical Society) is a privately funded, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago. ...

He appeared in the movie based on the Black Sox Scandal, Eight Men Out. He played newspaper reporter Hugh Fullerton, who tries to uncover the White Sox players fixing to throw the 1919 World Series. 1919 Chicago White Sox team photo The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. ... Eight Men Out is an American dramatic sports film, released in 1988, based on 8 Men Out, published in 1963, by Eliot Asinof. ... Hugh Fullerton III (1873 - 1945) was an influentional American sportswriter of the first half of the 20th century. ...

Studs Terkel got his nickname when he was acting in a play with another person named Louis. In order to keep the two straight, the director gave Terkel the nickname Studs after the fictional character Studs Lonigan, of James T. Farrell's trilogy, which Terkel was reading at the time. Terkel has never learned to drive and has long suffered from ommatophobia (fear of eyes). Studs Lonigan is the subject of a trilogy of novels by American author James T. Farrell: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. ... James Thomas Farrell was born on 27 February 1904, in Chicago. ...

Terkel is perhaps best known for his oral histories, such as the 1970 book Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, for which he assembled recollections of the Great Depression spanning the socioeconomic spectrum, from Okies, to prison inmates, to the wealthy. His 1974 book Working, in which (in the words of the subtitle) "People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" was also highly acclaimed. (In 1978 Working was made into a short-lived Broadway show and in 1982 telecast on PBS.) Terkel won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for The Good War, which challenged the prevailing notion that, in contrast to the Vietnam War era, World War II was a time of unblemished national solidarity, goodwill, and unified purpose. In 1997 he was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1999 received the George Polk Career Award. Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas During the Great Depression, in portions of the North American Great Plains there was a years-long drought, leading to soil erosion and dust storms usually referred to as the Dust Bowl. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... In physics, work is the energy transferred in applying force over a distance. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... This is a telling of the oral history of World War II written by Studs Terkel. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ...

Later life

In 2004, Terkel received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elijah Parish Lovejoy November 9,1802 – November 7, 1837), the son of Daniel Lovejoy, a Congregational minister, was an American minister and journalist who was murdered for his abolitionist views. ... Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... Colby College, founded in 1813, is one of the United States of Americas oldest independent liberal arts colleges. ...

In August 2005, Terkel underwent successful open-heart surgery. At 93 years old, he was one of the oldest people to undergo this form of surgery and doctors reported his recovery to be remarkable for someone of his advanced age. Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart, typically to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (e. ...

On May 22, 2006, Terkel, along with other plaintiffs, filed a suit in federal district court against AT&T to stop the telecommunications carrier from giving customer phone records to the National Security Agency without a court order.[1] is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... AT&T Inc. ... Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, 16th and current director of the NSA (2005–). The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is the United States governments cryptologic organization that was officially established on November 4, 1952. ...

The suit was dismissed by Judge Matthew F. Kennelly on July 26, 2006. Judge Kennelly cited a "state secrets privilege" designed to protect national security from being harmed by lawsuits.[2] A blacklist is a list or register of entities who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, or mobility. ... Joseph McCarthy This article is about the American politician. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The State Secrets Privilege is an evidentiary rule - i. ...

Terkel has completed a new personal memoir entitled Touch and Go, to be published in the fall of 2007.[3]

Selected works

• Giants of Jazz - 1957
• Division Street: America - 1967
• Hard Times - 1970
• Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do - 1974
• Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times - 1977
• The Good War - 1984
• Chicago - 1986
• The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream - 1988
• Race: What Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession - 1992
• Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who’ve Lived It - 1995
• My American Century - 1997
• The Spectator: Talk About Movies and Plays With Those Who Make Them - 1999
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth and Hunger for a Faith - 2001
• Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times - 2003
• And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey - 2005

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Quotes

On being born in 1912... "As the Titanic went down, I came up..."

"I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing."

"I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."

"With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven."

"That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic."

"The older you are, the freer you are, as long as you last." Studs Turkel at 95

External links

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• Studs Terkel's Official Site
• Studs Terkel at the Internet Movie Database
• 2005 video of WFMT Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner's interview with Studs Terkel at the University of Chicago

• Direct link to Studs Terkel Video on InDepth of C-SPAN
• 1988 audio interview with Studs Terkel by Don Swaim of CBS Radio - RealAudio
• Studs Terkel - The Last Touch - interviews with Terkel by Alan Hall in 2004 and 2005 - streaming and podcast audio on ABC Radio National