Title

Speaking freely : a memoir.

Description

A memoir by activist, Nat Hentoff.

Identifier

748690

679436472

Creator

Hentoff, Nat

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1997

Program air date: October 19, 1997

Publisher

Knopf

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Subject

"Hentoff, Nat."

"Authors, American--20th century--Biography."

"Journalists--United States--Biography."

"Jazz--Historiography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

Rights

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Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Boston my anti-Semitic home town, Doron Beat N.Y.C., Rage p 68. 3 wives--Miriam Sargent less than a year; Trudi Bernstein 5 years; Jessica Miranda; Margot 31 years. The Reporter, Max Ascoli and Vietnam. Ralph Ginzburg p 135, conviction for pandering by William Brennan Mag.-Eros. Elementary school, William Lloyd Garrison. Went to New Yorker 1960 for 28 years. Duke E, Dizzy, I.F. Stone, Murray Kempton. 1. Antiabortion, an atheist. N.H. a follower of radical pacifist A.J. Muste. Malcolm X. Chuck McDew-SNCC. Martin L. King--Hent knew him. Wife Margot--a relentless pragmatist & pacifist-hit my stomach. Adlai Stevenson. Maury Kempton was my mentor. Stokley Carmichel--we gotta play nice nigger for white folks sometime. Joan Baez. Vietnam opposition (my wife and I) who was Karl Armstrong and who did he kill p 114. Bob Dylan--What's your relationship with him today. John Cardinal O'Connor--Waldheim and abortion and Gays p 152. William Shawn--fired after 35 years. Saw him in a coffee shop--unshaven. Piece on A.I. Muste didn't run. Meeting w. Phillip Messenger paid unrun piece led to his firing. What did you find in your FBI file? Coughlin v. Farrakhan. Notes on front fly sheet: Are you a pacifist--when did Margot hit you in the stomach. Adlai Stevenson. Boston-anti-semitic. Pro-life what kind of opposition did you get from fellow liberals. Lamb checks page numbers on Contents pages. Notes on half-title: N.H. My children: Nicholas--criminal defense lawyer--Phoenix; Tom--a lawyer--fights political correctness--Williams and Connally--Washington; Jessica--Circus performer--fell 20 ft. Now--Everyday Circus in St. Louis; Miranda--musician--singer/piano/guitar, Rock and Roll, Jazzy--Miranda Hentioff Band, New York I played clarinet and soprano sax. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: influence of A.J. Muste; relationship with Malcolm X; Freedom Riders; important Civil Rights figures; "Sound of Jazz," jazz, politics, marriages. Notes: "CIA murder," "Duke," "Dizzy," "Bayard Rustin," "E.D. Nixon," "Clifford Durr," "Charles McDew," "pacifist," "wary of charm," " the Savoy," "1985 Seldes 94," "liars," "Vietnam disagreement," "pro-life," "P.C.," "Felker columns," "Hill/Thomas," "free paper," "Vietnam opposition," "65 college speaker, Richard Ichord," "Eros," "decision written by William Brennen," "pandering," "Unions," "fired," "Charles Coughlin," "angry with me," "passion for freedom of speech," "Circus," "cabaret singer," "Brennan tell stories," "Playboy interview." With notecard with Booknotes, dates/times/name of the three authors interviewed 09/16-09/25/97.