[The 90’s Election Specials raw: WLS-TV Chicago senate race]
This tape features a Channel 7 WLS-TV eyewitness news report on the Chicago senate race debate in 1992.
This tape features a Channel 7 WLS-TV eyewitness news report on the Chicago senate race debate in 1992.
Documentary about the death of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. The film started out as a simple portrait of Hampton and features lots of footage of his powerful speeches. However, in 1969, Hampton was murdered in his bed at the Panther headquarters by the Chicago police. The event was extremely controversial as the police and the Black Panthers told drastically different versions of the events. The film became instrumental in proving the Panthers’ story that the police broke in to headquarters without warning and killed Hampton without resistance.
Raw tape for The 90’s election specials. This tape covers the 1992 Illinois Senatorial primary between incumbent Alan Dixon, Carol Moseley Braun, and Al Hofeld. Carol Moseley Braun waits for results and celebrates her win on the primary election night.
Footage for The 90’s Election Specials, covering 17th ward elections in Chicago. Interviews with campaign workers for Congressman Charles Hayes and Representative Gus Savage.
Episode 402 of the award winning series, The 90’s. This episode is called “GETTING OLDER” and features the following segments: