[Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]
Howard Zinn speaking at Campos High School. Continue reading
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![[Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/690390243_295x166-1-228x160.jpg)
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![[Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/677969818_640-228x160.jpg)
[Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]
Oscar Chase discusses Howard Zinn and their activities with SNCC. Continue reading
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[Selma election]
This news report covers the 1984 mayoral race in Selma, AL. The two candidates are Rev. Frederick Reese, a black politician who fought for voting rights in the 1960s, and Joe Smitherman, the incumbent mayor of Selma. Continue reading
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![[White supremacist candidates – Election Night at IL headquarters for Tsongas]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651566486_640-228x160.jpg)
[White supremacist candidates – Election Night at IL headquarters for Tsongas]
Footage from the 1992 presidential election, including fights by white supremacist candidates to get on the ballot in Illinois, a Richard M. Daley press conference, and primary election night at the Illinois headquarters for the Paul Tsongas campaign. Continue reading
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![[Harold Washington on election day ’86]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938258_640-228x160.jpg)
[Harold Washington on election day ’86]
On election day 1986, Mayor Harold Washington casts his vote, talks about the future of the Democratic Party in Chicago, urges citizens to vote, and joins Jesse Jackson at a campaign event. Continue reading
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[Harold Washington 1987 Mayoral Primary]
News broadcast of the 1987 Democratic Mayoral Primary for Chicago. This footage also contains B-roll of Harold Washington and Jane Byrne rallying voters. Continue reading
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Why people don’t vote
It’s likely that millions of eligible voters will choose not to go to the polls next Tuesday. In 2008, voter turnout was estimated at only 63%, and that was the highest since 1960. Trying to understand the reasons for this American phenomenon, John Callaway and Tom Weinberg interviewed non-voters from around the country in 1996. As our videos so often do, it still rings true today. Watch the full documentary None of the Above.
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![[The 90’s raw: Eddie Tape #110 – Democratic convention]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653927437_640-228x160.jpg)
[The 90’s raw: Eddie Tape #110 – Democratic convention]
Eddie Tape #110. Democratic convention. Becker at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, various interviews. Continue reading