1996-08-14

1 video file (0:01:06) : digital, MP4

Themes: American Dream; Gantt's 4 Rs: reading, writing, arithmetic, and respect; violent criminals serve full sentences; equal pay for equal work; protect Medicare and Social Security.

Harvey Gantt Papers

Unaired Gantt Advertisements

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.

Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

videotapes
VHS
commercials (oral or performed works)

eng

Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-

Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. Senate

Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Advertising, Political
American Dream
Education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)--U.S. states
Equal pay for equal work
Medicare
Social security--Government policy

North Carolina

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 543

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1437

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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.

MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on VHS.

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2018-12-04