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  "Pollution: Give Earth a Chance" Final Panel Discussion

  David Brower, Jack Thrasher, Kenneth Boulding, Richard Lichtman, and Harvey Wheeler

  A recording of the final panel discussion of the 9th annual Spring Symposium at Central Washington State University. Theme was "Pollution: Give Earth a Chence", recorded on April 11, 1970.

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  Environmental Crisis: A Product of the Irrationality of American Society

  Richard Lichtman

  This recording is a lecture by Dr. Richard Lichtman as part of the 9th annual Spring Symposium on American Values at Central Washington State College in April, 1970. The symposium theme was Pollution:Give Earth a Chance. Recorded April 11, 1970.

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  Stokely Carmichael Speech at Huey Newton Rally

  Stokely Carmichael

  This recording features a speech by Stokely Carmichael at a Huey Newton rally on August 22, 1968. Huey was a young black man convicted of murdering police patrolman John Frey in November 1967. Carmichael joined others in the Black Panther party to advocate Huey's release. In this speech, Carmichael also speaks against racism, capitalism, imperialism, and the Vietnam War.

  For more information about Carmichael, please see this obituary and biography.

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  Violence And The University In Anthropological Perspective

  Marvin Harris

  Speaker Marvin Harris Discusses Violence and the University in Anthropological Perspective in a speech made at Central Washington State College on November 20, 1968. 47 minutes

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  Stokely Carmichael Speech at Garfield High School, Seattle, Washington

  Stokely Carmichael

  This recording features a speech by Stokely Carmichael, given on April 19, 1967, at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. Here Carmichael speaks out against racism and the Vietnam War. Please note: This recording contains strong language that should be understood within its historical context.

  For more information about Carmichael, please see this obituary and biography.

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  REVOLUTION:Sixth Annual Symposium, First Panel Discussion

  Central Washington University

  A panel discussion of the topic of Revolution from the sixth annual symposium at Central Washington State College on April 20, 1967.Sixth Annual Symposium, First Panel Discussion, REVOLUTION.

  Panel presided by Professor Charles Blake. Panel Members included Stokely Carmichael, John Dyckman, Sidney Hook, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Robert Mezey, Fred Haley, Fred Stockholder, and Dan McIver.

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  McNeil Canyon Road or Bunker Road

  H. Glenn Hogue

  H. Glenn Hogue served as an instructor in the art department at Central Washington College of Education (predecessor to Central Washington University), 1927-1959. Here he recalls his childhood in Ellensburg, Washington, and his time at Washington State Normal School.

  The cover image looks southwest toward the Yakima River and the eastern end of Manastash Ridge in 1906. Hogue speaks about this area in his lecture.

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  Vietnam

  Russell Johnson

  Russel Johnson of the American Friends Service speaks about American involvement in Vietnam at a symposium of the Central Washington State College campus on April 14, 1967.

  Russell Johnson was employed by the American Friends Service Committee from 1950 to 1984 as Peace Education Secretary in the New England office. He was an energetic speaker on peace and international issues and a tireless organizer of conferences and other activities directed toward better understanding between peoples of the world. He became an expert on issues relating to the Cold War, the Vietnam war, and Asia.

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  Recollections about Central Washington State College

  Amanda Hebeler

  Amanda Hebeler directed Washington State Normal School (WSNS)'s student teaching program between 1924 and 1956. She speaks about the history of WSNS and her memories of working at the school.

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  Entering the Promised Land

  Bruce Leroy

  Bruce Leroy speaks about first contact between Native Americans and white settlers in central Washington state. He describes linguistic and cultural differences between the two groups.

  The cover image shows a teepee from a Yakama Indian encampment near Ellensburg, Washington.

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  Individual In The College Community: His Commitments and His Work

  Timothy Leary

  Timothy Leary speaks at a symposium at Central Washington State College in 1963 about The Idea of a College. This symposium was second in a series of symposiums about American values.

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  Private Truth and the Public World

  Howard Taylor

  Harold Taylor speaks at James Brook's inauguration as President of Central Washington State College about human relationships to the public world and how those relationships were changing. He also talks about the roll college educators must have in the development of citizens.

  Harold Taylor first came to national prominence in 1945 when at the age of thirty he was appointed as the third president of Sarah Lawrence College. He was known as one of the most provocative and original thinkers in the field of American education.

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  Chinook Jargon

  Eva Shaw and Arthur J. Damman

  A interview by Eugene Harrison with Mrs. A.E. Shaw and Dr. Arthur J. Damman. Recorded at the home of Mrs. A.E. Shaw on June 7, 1955. The two Central Washington pioneers share their knowledge of the Chinook Jargon language, stories about its use, and their experiences with it. In this interview, Eva Shaw and Arthur J. Damman speak about Chinook jargon, or the language used by white and indigenous residents of the Pacific Northwest to trade and interact in the 19th century. Shaw and Damman hold a conversation in Chinook jargon to demonstrate.

  The cover image shows Yakama and Nez Perce chiefs in ceremonial dress at Astoria, Oregon, during that city's centennial celebrations in 1911.