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  [Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]

  Communities, Howard Zinn, Latinx

  Howard Zinn speaking at Campos High School. Continue reading →

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  [Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]

  Howard Zinn

  Oscar Chase discusses Howard Zinn and their activities with SNCC. Continue reading →

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  [Selma election]

  Politics

  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]

  Bill Stamets, Politics

  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]

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Politics

  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]

  Chicago Politics, Harold Washington

  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

  American Way, Politics

  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: White House Park]

  American Way, Outside Agitators, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Videomaker Eddie Becker travels to White House Park to document a debate between a group of protesters and other people who were merely passing by the demonstration. One passerby and former Biddeford, Maine mayoral candidate, Rory Holland, addresses the group. (Holland was later charged with murder in the gunning down of two Biddeford residents in June of 2009.) Continue reading →