Prospects of mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt. Challenge to the United Nations. Congo
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Includes a roundtable discussion hosted in 1960 by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Tackles critical issues concerning the United Nations intervention in the Belgian Congo after their independence and the struggle to establish sovereignty. Guests in the roundtable included Ambassador Adlai Stevenson (Governor of Illinois from 1949-53 and American representative to the United Nations), G. Mennen Williams (Governor of Michigan from 1949-61), Jana Wachuku (chairman of the United Nations appointed Congo Conciliation Commission), Rajeshawar Dayal (representative in the Congo), William Frye (United Nations correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor).
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60 minutes
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