Iconic Chicago writer Studs Terkel is included in one of 50 records that the Library of Congress has judged worthy of entry into the National Recording Registry this year.
Terkel’s 1962 interview with legendary Black writer James Baldwin was selected, according to the Associated Press. Other Chicagoans selected for the 2006 class of selections include the late Nat ‘King’ Cole (for ‘Straighten Up and Fly Right’) and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (for ‘Move On Up a Little Higher’).