The Chicago Defender played an important role in the Great Migration of African Americans fleeing the violence of the Jim Crow South. 
Beginning in the 1970s, digital technology like VDTs had a big impact on newspaper production, including at places like the Defender.

The Chicago Defender played an important role in the Great Migration of African Americans fleeing the violence of the Jim Crow South. Beginning in the 1970s, digital technology like VDTs had a big impact on newspaper production, including at places like the Defender.

180 Thank You For That (Gordon 2)

This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages.  In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder.  Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology.
New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages. In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder. Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology. New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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180 Thank You For That (Gordon 2)

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