Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech at Lenoir Community College. He is introduced by a student, Ron Henderson. Gantt says that he wants to restore the American Dream by focusing on education, protecting seniors, making health care and insurance more affordable, protecting the environment, and creating a secure future for workers. Gantt talks about how his family growing up escaped poverty through education, so he supports Head Start, Smart Start and early childhood development, as well as investment to prevent delinquents, nutrition programs for student lunches, and making higher education more affordable. He compares himself with his opponent, Jesse Helms, saying that Helms is against educational programs and wants to disband the Department of Education. Other topics include job training funding, portable pensions, increasing the minimum wage, affordable health insurance. Concludes with a question and answer session. Question topics include discrimination, environmental protection, welfare, and illegal immigration.
