1996-11-02

1 audio file (0:31:08) : digital, MP3

Question and answer session following a campaign speech at Western Carolina University by Harvey Gantt. Topics include job creation, helping college students (loans/grants, tax deductions), AmeriCorps, foreign policy (Gantt advocates soft power, not by force, human rights), economic development, the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, campaign finance reform, corporate welfare and lobbyists, illegal drug prevention, AIDS research, and affirmative action programs.

Audience questions are very quiet. Recording stops abruptly.

Harvey Gantt Papers

Gantt Audio Tapes

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

sound recordings
spoken word
public speaking

eng

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

Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
AmeriCorps (U.S.)
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities

Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Job creation
Tax deductions
Education, Higher
Education, Higher--Economic aspects
Student loans
International relations
Human rights
Economic development
Campaign funds
Subsidies
Lobbyists
Drug traffic
Drug abuse--Prevention
AIDS (Disease)--Research
Affirmative action programs

North Carolina
North Carolina--Cullowhee
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte

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.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette.

ganms543-05-138_02

2018-12-06