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Interview with Ivan Cooper by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Ivan Cooper, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Cooper discusses the emergence of the civil rights movement and his involvement in parliamentary politics in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the first part of a four part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Ivan Cooper

Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP

Interviewer: Don Anderson

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons

Time Period covered: 1968-2007

Key Individuals: Ivan Cooper, Eamonn McCann, Charlie Morrison, Claude Wilton, John Hume, Paddy O’Hanlon, Terence O’Neill, Basil Kelly, Brian Faulkner, William Craig

Key Words: Religion, sport, housing, civil rights, policing, Derry Citizens Action Committee, media, SDLP, internment, IRA

 

 

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