This moment shows how public figures in the 1950s were not only entertainers but also cultural brokers who shaped how ordinary Americans understood prominent personalities. At the same time, their commercial endorsements carried significant weight, highlighting how celebrity influence was tied to both cultural authority and consumer politics.
Interview with Margaret Sanger
Discipline
Social Sciences
02:46
From the beginning to the end of the interview, discussion of the catholic church is discussed in terms of birth control. The focus on this content reveals not only the politics of contraception in the 1950s, but the interests and controversies of the audience for this interview.
Discipline
Social Sciences
26:38
The interviewer ends on content related to Sanger's family, highlighting the values of not only the interviewer but of the culture in 1950s and how Sanger's position opposes it.
Discipline
Social Sciences
27:10
Sanger references Phillip Morris as the cigarette she will use to smoke for the first time, after the interviewer prefaced that her views weren't shared by the company. Sanger uses her influence here to extend her politics.
Interview with James McBride Dabbs
07:06 - 08:26
This moment shows how public figures in the 1950s were not only entertainers but also cultural brokers who shaped how ordinary Americans understood prominent personalities. At the same time, their commercial endorsements carried significant weight, highlighting how celebrity influence was tied to both cultural authority and consumer politics.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Interview with Margaret Sanger
02:46 - 21:03
From the beginning to the end of the interview, discussion of the catholic church is discussed in terms of birth control. The focus on this content reveals not only the politics of contraception in the 1950s, but the interests and controversies of the audience for this interview.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
26:38 - 26:57
The interviewer ends on content related to Sanger's family, highlighting the values of not only the interviewer but of the culture in 1950s and how Sanger's position opposes it.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
27:10 - 27:10
Sanger references Phillip Morris as the cigarette she will use to smoke for the first time, after the interviewer prefaced that her views weren't shared by the company. Sanger uses her influence here to extend her politics.