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Division Street Revisited

Division Street Revisited

Von: Mary Schmich
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Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich traces the lives of seven people in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history: A Black public school janitor; a Lithuanian tavern owner; an Appalachian mother of 15; a closeted gay actor; a Native American activist; a Black labor leader; and a prominent white woman in Chicago high society. What happened to them? To their children? To their dreams?

2024-2025
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  • Trailer
    Nov 28 2024

    Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich takes a deeper look at the lives of seven people featured in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history. They include a Black public school janitor; a Lithuanian tavern owner; an Appalachian mother of 15; a closeted gay actor; a Native American activist; a Black labor leader; and a prominent white woman in Chicago high society. What happened to them? To their children? To their dreams? And what has changed from their time in the 1960s to today?

    Our series launches Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and drops every Tuesday for six weeks thereafter.

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    2 Min.
  • Myra Alexander: Never Too Old to Be Free
    Jan 26 2025

    Witty, outspoken Myra Alexander was 54 years old when she met Chicago radio host Studs Terkel on a train to the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Studs included Myra in a book of interviews he published called Division Street: America.

    Her family had warned her about the trip: “Oh grandmother, you’re too old for that!” But Myra, a janitor in Chicago public schools, refused to soft-pedal the injustices that Black people like her endured. She insisted, “You’re never too old to be free."

    Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mary Schmich asks: What happened to Myra as she went on in her life? What about her kids and grandkids? How can their lives help us understand our lives?


    Executive Producers: Melissa Harris and Mary Schmich

    Writer/Host: Mary Schmich

    Producer: Bill Healy

    Editors: Cate Cahan and Mark Jacob

    Sound Designer/Audio Engineer: Libby Lussenhop

    Associate Producer/Dialogue Editor: Chijioke Williams

    Music Director/Composer: Chris Walz


    For more information, visit divisionstreetrevisited.com.

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    29 Min.
  • Bill Koza: Just Plain Bill
    Feb 4 2025

    In the 1960s, society’s hostility toward gay people could be dangerous. That was the reality for Bill Koza, an actor from Chicago’s South Side. While Bill had a fulfilling life in the suburban dinner theater scene, he hid his authentic self from his family. But Bill did sit for a groundbreaking interview with Studs Terkel – under an assumed name. Decades after Bill’s death, his friends and relatives take stock of how much has changed for LGBTQ+ people since his time.


    Executive Producers: Melissa Harris and Mary Schmich

    Writer/Host: Mary Schmich

    Producer: Bill Healy

    Editors: Cate Cahan and Mark Jacob

    Sound Designer/Audio Engineer: Libby Lussenhop

    Associate Producer/Dialogue Editor: Chijioke Williams

    Music Director/Composer: Chris Walz


    For more information, visit divisionstreetrevisited.com.

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    29 Min.
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