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Oral history interview with Howard Wolpe, November 16, 1993

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Wolpe, Howard Green, J. Michael

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Oral history interview with Howard Wolpe conducted by J. Michael Green at Friedman Hall on November 16, 1993. Howard Wolpe was a member of the WMU’s Political Science faculty from 1967 to 1972, and the University’s first distinguished visiting professor in 1993. He describes his arrival at Western in the 60s, Martin Luther King’s assassination and the effects upon WMU campus and Kalamazoo, local governance issues, and the formation of the Action Now organization focused on race and poverty in Kalamazoo. He also comments on the turbulent events of the late 60s, Vietnam and Western’s engagement of issues of the day, and running for city council election of 1969.No audio available.
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Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Archives, Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008.
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Keywords

  1. Affirmative Action Programs
  2. American Association Of University Professors
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Movements
  5. College Students, Black
  6. Faculty
  7. Greenberg, Milton, 1927 2015
  8. History
  9. Junker, Louis J. (Louis James), 1927 1981
  10. Kalamazoo
  11. Michigan
  12. Mitchell, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1931
  13. Oral Histories
  14. Perlman, Fredy
  15. Phillips, Claude S. (Claude Smalling), 1923 2014
  16. Politicians
  17. Race Relations
  18. Schrier, Paul J
  19. United States
  20. Universities
  21. University Of Chicago. Law School
  22. Western Michigan University
  23. Western Michigan University. Department Of Political Science
  24. Western Michigan University. Faculty Senate

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