Seeds of Discontent: The Hartford Smith Jr. Collection

Items

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  Seeds of Discontent, episode 18 (organizers in African American communities)

  This episode focuses on organizers in African American communities, featuring an interview with Rennie Freeman, director of Detroit’s West Central Organization.
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  Sample page from Hartford Smith Jr. resume
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  Seeds of Discontent, episode 1 (incarcerated young men)

  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.
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 6 (historical perspective on African Americans, Northern migration)

  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.
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 5 (subculture of poverty, welfare system)

  This episode, the last of three exploring the subculture of poverty in United States, focuses on the welfare system.
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 3 (subculture of poverty, African American families)

  This episode, the first of three exploring the subculture of poverty in the United States, focuses on African American families.
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 4 (subculture of poverty, medical care and Southern white 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.
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 2 (hippies)

  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 of a discontented group in American society.
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  Black Power TV Cover

  This image is the cover of Black Power TV, a 2013 book by Devorah Heitner that analyzes Black public affairs television in the late 1960s and into the 1970s.
• Seeds of Discontent Series

  Unlocking the Airwaves is a comprehensive online collection of early educational public radio content. This resource is the page featuring the entire Seeds of Discontent series.
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  "A Time of Tragedy" (Supplemental Insert to The Detroit News, Friday, Aug. 11, 1967)

  16-page supplemental insert to the Detroit News detailing the 1967 riot, written by Jon Lowell and accompanied by color and black and white photographs from various unnamed freelance photographers, as well as a map and chronology of deaths.
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  Photograph of Hartford Smith Jr. with David Lewis (1 of 3)
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 7 (riots, African Americans, and the future)

  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.
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  Miscellaneous Documents, Notes, and Proposal for Seeds of Discontent (1966-1968, undated)

  1966 to 1968 documents, written by Hartford Smith Jr., relating to the planning, production, and distribution of Seeds of Discontent. Within this item, there is a project proposal called "The Involvement of Inner City Families in Educational Policy and Program Development Using the Parent-Teacher's Association as a Vehicle."
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  Citizens' Perspective on the Problem of Juvenile Delinquency and Crime in Metropolitan Detroit, report and correspondence, 1969, 1976-1989, 2019

  This entry includes a report, written primarily by Hartford Smith Jr., on juvenile delinquency and crime in Detroit in the late 1960s. Also includes related correspondence .
• Seeds of Discontent, episode 26 (final episode, summary)

  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.
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  Photograph of Hartford Smith, Jr.
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  Photograph of barbershop interview
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  Excerpt from interview with men from Detroit