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Interview with John Hume by Marika Griehsel for Nobelprize.org on 31 August 2006

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Video interview with John Hume, former leader of the SDLP, by Marika Griehsel for Nobelprize.org on 31 August 2006. In 1998 Hume was the co-recipient, with David Trimble, of the Nobel Peace Prize. In this interview he discusses the development of the Peace Process from the civil rights movement until the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. Nobelprize.org is the official website of the Nobel Prize.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2006

Name of First Interviewee: John Hume

Role at time of Interview: Former leader of the SDLP

Interviewer: Marika Griehsel

Purpose: Research

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Nobelprize.org

Time Period covered: 1967-2006

Key Individuals: John Hume, Gerry Adams, Margaret Thatcher, Edward Kennedy, Tip O’Neill, Hugh Carey, Daniel Moynihan, Martin Luther King, James Callaghan

Key Words: SDLP, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, community relations, North-South relations, East-West relations, education, IRA, Hume-Adams talks, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Downing Street Declaration, diaspora, European Union, civil rights, religion

 

 

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