July 22, 1980 - Black actor and writer Ossie Davis talks about the importance of the family and the future of the family in remarks to the White House Conference on the Family, held in Minneapolis .
February 27, 1979 - Ossie Davis on Black oral cultural traditions. Black actor and screenwriter Ossie Davis uses personal examples to explain the importance of the oral tradition in Black culture. From a lecture given at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth on March 29, 1978. Originally aired on WSCD's The Saturday Show.This tape runs higher in pitch than the original. One of three cuts: Br'er Rabbit (12:08), Early Literature (12:08), and Black Ministers (15:57). This copy suffers from tape damage in Br'er Rabbit at around 11:00.
February 14, 1979 - Ossie Davis, actor and author, talks about black oral tradition at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth on March 29, 1978.Originally aired on WSCD's The Saturday Show.