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  [1983 Chicago mayoral campaign appearances]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Politics

  Footage of the 1983 Chicago Mayoral election shot by Bill Stamets for his documentary “Chicago Politics: A Theatre of Power.”

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  [Jesse Jackson and Harold Washington footage]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Politics

  Footage of Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigning for Harold Washington during his 1983 campaign for Mayor of Chicago.

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  Novo Dextro: Purity & Danger

  Bill Stamets, Chicago, Communities, LGBTQIA

  Documentary by Bill Stamets about the American Nazi Party’s “anti-queer, pro-life” rally held in 1982 in Chicago’s Lincoln Park in response to the city’s annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade.

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  Harold is Gone

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Communities, Harold Washington

  Loosely constructed footage following the sudden death of Chicago’s Mayor Harold Washington in 1987, including his funeral procession and funeral service.

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  [Moving Pictures / Six Families]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Politics

  0:03 Color bars. 1:45 Bells playing and footage around the city of Chicago. Cut to footage of the people playing the church bells. Footage of them playing interspersed with footage people around the city. 5:00 Cut to a montage of different religious ceremonies and events. 11:52 A graduation ceremony. An opera house lobby before a show. Mayor Daley at a conference. A woman testifies about civil disobedience. Footage from different rallies, marches, and parades. Boy sings the national anthem at […]

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  Hard Hitting Pioneer Of “No Nonsense” Journalism Gwen Ifill Dies At The Age Of 61

  Black, Blog

  Gwen Ifill was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants and grew up during the tumultuous 1960s. Recollecting on that charged socio-political atmosphere she said, “I was very conscious of the world being this very crazed place that demanded explanation,” in a 2011 interview with the Archive of American Television.  She went on to become a member of the very exclusive club of mainstream journalism. Ifill worked at the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC and PBS. Beginning in 2013, she was […]

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  Farewell to the Ultimate Cool Gent, Herb Kent

  Black, Blog, Chicago, Radio Faces, Tom Weinberg

  Renowned giant of Chicago radio and larger than life personality Herb Kent died last Saturday, October 22, at the age of 88. Known as the “mayor of Bronzeville,” he grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing project and attended Hyde Park High School. Arguably, Kent‘s most influential position was from 1962 to 1970 at Chicago’s WVON. The station was and is an integral part of Chicago’s black community. Kent kept his thumb on the pulse of the community and was a […]

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  [Rainbow/PUSH tribute to MLK – Spike Lee press conference at Chicago Cultural Center]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Communities, Politics

  A Rainbow/PUSH Coalition event remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. featuring Jesse Jackson, followed by a press conference at the Chicago Cultural Center about a Spike Lee retrospective, featuring Lee and critic Gene Siskel.