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• Message to the Grassroots: Gang Truce: The International Scene

  Black, Communities

  Show #9411 Continue reading →

• Message to the Grassroots: Talkin’ ‘Bout Ebonics

  Black, Communities

  Show #9702. Continue reading →

• Message to the Grassroots: Coming to the End of the Year in a State of Emergency

  Black, Communities

  Show #9312 Continue reading →

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  [Slave reparations hearing at Chicago City Council – Justice for Janitors SEIU local #1 strike rally]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Politics

  Footage shot by Bill Stamets for the City 2000 project that aimed to document the City of Chicago in the year 2000. The first section tapes place at a reparations hearing at the Chicago City Council, and the second half documents a Justice for Janitors SEIU local #1 strike rally. Continue reading →

• Midnight Basketball League

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Jamie Ceaser, Sports

  The Midnight Basketball league team, the Pistons, get ready for a game at the Henry Horner Boys and Girls Club and get a visit from Attorney General Neil Hartigan, who praises the work of the League. Continue reading →

• Marquette Park I

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Tom Palazzolo

  A film by Tom Palazzolo and Mark Rance documenting neo-Nazi activity in the Marquette Park neighborhood of Chicago on August 21, 1976. The day marked one of many conflicts between black civil rights marchers and white supremacist neighborhood groups who were mobilizing to prevent black residents from moving into the neighborhood. Continue reading →

• (CBS) 60MinII: Jesse Jackson Jr.

  Black, Carol Marin, Politics

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  Reality: Family, Community, The Truce

  Black, Communities, Latinx

  This video presents a variety of interviews and musical performances on the subject of gangs and gang violence. The primary topic is the truce between Black and Latinx gangs in the Oakwood area of the neighborhood of Venice in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1994.

  The people in the video include gang members, former gang members, and members of Los Angeles communities most affected by gangs. Speakers discuss the root causes of gangs, including disinvestment and lack of economic opportunity in Black and Latinx neighborhoods.

  Produced through the Imperial Courts Cap Video Workshop, 1994. Continue reading →