This is the seventh episode of Seeds of Discontent, the 1968 radio documentary series created by Hartford Smith Jr. and distributed by Wayne State University's WDET in Detroit.
This episode, the first of three featuring interviews with older African American men who had lived in Detroit for decades, focuses on the Northern migration of African American families.
This episode, the second of three exploring the subculture of poverty in United States, focuses on medical care and the experiences of Southern white families.
In the final episode of the radio documentary series, Hartford Smith Jr. summarizes the findings of the interviews conducted over the past twenty-five episodes. He describes themes that came up related to the sources of social and political…
Smith’s connections with the community as a social worker allowed him to record hours of interviews with people about their lives and their opinions on contemporary issues. This episode features interviews with a group of young hippies as an example…
This episode focuses on organizers in African American communities, featuring an interview with Rennie Freeman, director of Detroit’s West Central Organization.
This episode features Hartford Smith Jr.'s introduction to the series and his interview with a group of delinquent boys about their experiences in their communities and with law enforcement.