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Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer Interviewed After 1972 World Chess Championship

  By Robbie Faselt • July 1, 2014 Uncategorized
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In an interview that took place after Bobby Fischer became the eleventh World Chess Champion after defeating Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship, Fischer discusses the possibility of a rematch with Spassky. He is confident that he could beat Spassky if they were to rematch, but he also … Continue reading

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Jack Lemmon
Kevin Spacey Remembers Jack Lemmon

  By Megan O'Toole • June 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this Turner Classic Movies special on Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey describes the career of his late friend and mentor. Spacey shares that Lemmon was a “genius on how to make people feel good,” and he was a very relatable character to the common man. Lemmon is portrayed as a delightful … Continue reading

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LGBT Pride Parade
Pride in New York City

  By Sarah Dejak • June 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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People involved in both the Stonewall Riots in 1969 and the first ever gay pride march in 1970 explain the importance of the march. They explain that the demonstration, beginning on Christopher Street in New York City, helped to commemorate the riots and spark more political action in the gay … Continue reading

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Stonewall Riots
The Beginning of the Gay Rights Movement

  By Sarah Dejak • June 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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Arthur Evans, co-founder of the Gay Activist Alliance, explains how the gay rights movement began in 1970, the year that the first gay pride parade occurred. Evans talks about the first gay rights group, known as the Gay Liberation Front, as well as the rebellions that were sparked from the … Continue reading

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FIFA World Cup
Gordon Banks’s 1970 Save

  By Virginia Choi • June 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this 1998 interview, Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel explains why English goalkeeper Gordon Banks’s save, which prevented Pelé from making a much-anticipated goal in the 1970 World Cup was the best he’d ever seen. Banks skillfully made contact with the ball via the tips of his fingers getting it over … Continue reading

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Garfield
Creator Jim Davis Demonstrates How He Draws Garfield

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jim Davis, creator of the “Garfield” comic strip, reveals how he brings its starring orange tabby cat to life on the page from conception to illustration. Since its debut in 1978, “Garfield” has become a pop culture sensation and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely … Continue reading

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Orson Welles
On Orson Welles: ‘He Was a Great Actor’s Director’

  By Virginia Choi • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this clip from Gary Graver’s film, “Working with Orson Welles,” Cameron Mitchell discusses what it was like to act in Welles’s unfinished film, “The Other Side of the Wind.” Mitchell expresses awe at the script that Welles put together and explains how other directors he had worked with stressed … Continue reading

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Kent State Shootings
Kent State Shootings: ‘How Could Our Government Do This to Our People?’

  By Sarah Dejak • May 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Congressman Dennis Eckart reflects on where he was when the Kent State University Shootings occurred in 1970 and remembers asking himself how the government could do this and get away with it. Eckart discusses how close to home the shootings hit for him and his peers around him.