Harvey Gantt AFL-DIO meeting

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Harvey Gantt Video Tapes

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Title: Harvey Gantt AFL-DIO meeting
Date: 1996-09-05
Physical Description: 1 video file (0:05:35) : digital, MP4
Description: Recording of a speech delivered by Harvey Gantt to a DIO meeting. Video is just the text of the speech. The speech focuses on how Gantt plans to win the election, beat Jesse Helms, and get out the vote.
Condition Note: Occasional audio buzzing throughout
Digital Collection: Harvey Gantt Papers
Series: Gantt Video Tapes
Collection Description: Harvey Bernard Gantt is an architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. Gantt entered local Charlotte politics in 1974 serving on the city council until 1983. He was elected to two terms as the first black Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987. In the 1990s (1990 and 1996), he ran twice for the United States Senate against Jesse Helms. The bulk of the collection is comprised of audiovisual materials from Gantt's 1996 campaign against Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate, but also includes speeches and writings.
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre: videotapes
VHS
public speaking
Language: eng
Subjects--Names: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Helms, Jesse
Subjects--Organizations: Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subjects--Topics: Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Advertising, Political
Campaign funds
Political participation
Voter turnout
Labor unions
Subjects--Places: North Carolina
Original Collection: Harvey Gantt papers
Physical Location: Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Call Number: Manuscript 543
Finding Aid: https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1437
Rights Holder Information: This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Harvey B. Gantt.
Rights Statement: Use of this resource is governed by the terms of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives" License.
Funding Note: This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Digital Object Notes: MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on VHS.
Identifier: ganms543-04-026
Date Digitized: 2018-11-28

Harvey Gantt AFL-DIO meeting

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