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

  2000-08-24 / Howard Zinn

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

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  [Selma election]

  1984-07-09 / Political Documentaries

  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 Tsongas Illinois]

  Bill Stamets, Political Documentaries

  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 Paul Tsongas Illinois headquarters. Continue reading →

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  [Harold Washington on election day ’86]

  1986-11-04 / Chicago Collection, Chicago politics, Harold Washington, Political Documentaries

  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]

  1987-1-17 / 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

  October 30, 2012 at 2:40 pm / American Way, Political Documentaries

  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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  [None of the Above raw #7]

  1996-3-14 / None of the Above, Political Documentaries

  Skip Blumberg interviews people in the Sony Store in New York City. This is raw footage for “None of the Above,” a documentary special focusing on non-voters during the 1996 Presidential primaries. Continue reading →

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  [None of the Above raw #24]

  1996-8-28 / American Way, Chicago Collection, None of the Above, Political Documentaries, Skip Blumberg

  This tape features raw footage for the documentary “None of the Above,” an in-depth ethnographic look at non voters in the U.S. In this video, non voter Michael Johnson speaks about his life, work, and reasons for choosing not to vote. Continue reading →