Seeds of Discontent, episode 26 (final episode, summary)

Seeds of Discontent, episode 26 (final episode, summary)

Seeds of Discontent was a 1968 radio documentary series that explored discontented social groups and organizations attempting to improve their conditions in American society. Created by Hartford Smith, Jr. and Wayne State University’s WDET in Detroit, the series addressed topics including race relations, civil rights, poverty, youth, and crime.

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 discontent across different social and cultural groups living in the late 1960s.

Hartford Smith Jr. and Wayne State University's WDET in Detroit, Michigan

Originally distributed by WDET in Detroit, Michigan; made available in digitally archived format as part of the Unlocking the Airwaves project, a digital humanities initiative from University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched in 2021.

1968

English

Sound