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  [Young Lords Party: Puerto Rican Student Conference at Columbia University]

  CLIR, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  Interviews recorded at the Puerto Rican Student Conference at Columbia University, gathering together Latinx activists and organizers from around the country.

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  [Forum on the Young Lords Party]

  Arts & Culture, CLIR, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  A meeting between leftists and members of the revolution Young Lords Party discussing their tactics and philosophy. Note: the image quality is low but the audio is fully legible.

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  [Young Lords Party UN March]

  CLIR, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  Footage from a protest march organized by the Young Lords Party in front of the United Nations building in which protestors demanded liberation for Puerto Rico.

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  Halsted Street, USA

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Latinx

  Along the length of Chicago’s Halsted Street one can view a dozen nationalities and a thousand lifestyles. This riveting, kaleidoscopic “road movie” traces this unique thoroughfare nearly 400 miles, from its origin in the cornfields of southern Illinois up to Chicago’s far south side, then through several neighborhoods to its terminus in the heart of Lakeview. Narrated by Studs Terkel, Halsted Street, U.S.A. is a thought-provoking crash-course in American cultural geography.

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  [We Are Many, We Are O.N.E. 1]

  Asian American, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Communications for Change, Latinx, Native American, Roots of Video

  A meeting of residents and tenants rights organization in Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods with representatives of the Chicago Housing Authority that erupts into chaos.

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  [We Are Many, We Are O.N.E. 3]

  Asian American, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Communications for Change, Latinx, Politics, Roots of Video

  A meeting of residents and tenants rights organization in Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods with representatives of the Chicago Housing Authority.

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  Public Service / Crime, Terror, and the Media

  Chicago Politics, CLIR, Communications for Change, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel

  Two videos about community activism in Chicago. The first discusses protests and other actions supported by the Organization of the Northeast (O.N.E.) for housing rights. The second discusses crime against senior citizens and the portrayal of crime in the media.

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  Festival De Mujeres

  Chicago, Communities, Eleanor Boyer, Latinx, Videomakers

  Taped at the first-ever women’s street fair held in Pilsen, a predominantly Latinx, working-class neighborhood in Chicago. The event was organized by Mujeres Latinas in Accion to showcase Latinx women’s culture and to provide information about social services, health services and recreational opportunities available for women. The video captures the activity and color of the fair and features readings by poets Salima Rivera and Marta Callazo. Comments by organizers, participants and local residents give insight into the role of Latinx women in society at that time. Produced, videotaped, and edited by Eleanor Boyer and Karen Peugh with a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.