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  Dave Meggyesy and the legacy of dissent in the NFL

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  This weekend will mark Super Bowl LVII, one of the biggest events of the year for television viewership. Many of us recall that in 2016, San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick used the visibility provided by the television platform in order to protest racial injustice in the United States by taking a knee during the National Anthem during NFL games. But it’s less remembered that 50 years before Kaepernick’s protest, St. Louis Cardinals linebacker Dave Meggyesy also used the National […]

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  [Love Family 4: 1980 Democratic National Convention protests]

  CLIR, Dean and Dudley Evenson, Roots of Video

  The Love Family joins protests outside of the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.

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  World Symposium on Humanity 1979 Considers Nuclear Energy

  CLIR, Dean and Dudley Evenson, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  Footage from the 1979 World Symposium on Humanity in which speakers, including Ralph Nader, discuss the dangers of nuclear power. The discussions center around the disaster at Three Mile Island, a recent occurrence.

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  [Carl McIntire Rough Edit]

  Eddie Becker, Politics

  A documentary about right wing preacher and radio host Carl McIntire’s “March to Victory.”

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  5117 N Kenmore

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Politics, Roots of Video

  The tenants at 5117 N. Kenmore describe the appalling living conditions of their apartments. A new edit of footage shot in Chicago in 1979.

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  Larger Apartments

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

  A brief documentary about the movement for affordable housing in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood and nearby. A new edit of footage shot in Chicago in the 1970s.

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  The Energy Task Force of the Organization of the Northeast

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

  An overview of activism undertaken by residents of Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods to protest a 19% rate hike from Com-Ed in 1980. A new edit of footage shot in 1980.

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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.