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  America’s First Drag Queen President

  1992 Election, Bill Stamets, Black, Blog, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, LGBTQIA, Politics

  “A presidential campaign is like a drag show.” Joan Jett Blakk In 1992, there was another candidate against Bush, and her name? Joan Jett Blakk. For Pride month, Media Burn is highlighting and celebrating the work of queer activists of the past. Blakk was the drag persona of performer Terence Smith, who was a performer and leader of Chicago Queer Nation in the 70s. In the 1990s, Blakk campaigned for various political positions, such as mayor of Chicago, President (as […]

• [New York TBS meeting + Goat]

  Home movie, Tom Weinberg

  Tom Weinberg records dinner with Skip Blumberg and Clarence Cross, rehashing the day’s earlier meeting with TBS.

• When a Black King Ruled Chicago

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Harold Washington

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  Maxwell St.

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Tom Palazzolo

  A documentary about Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market, created by Tom Palazzolo with students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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  [In Plain English #5]

  Communities, Julia Lesage, Latinx

  Footage for In Plain English. University of Oregon’s students of color discuss what race means in terms of their experiences on and off campus. The video is a procession of talking heads, positioning the students as points of authority while also encouraging the viewer to consider their own expectations and ideas of race.

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  [In Plain English #4]

  Asian American, Communities, Julia Lesage, Latinx

  Footage for In Plain English. University of Oregon’s students of color discuss what race means in terms of their experiences on and off campus. The video is a procession of talking heads, positioning the students as points of authority while also encouraging the viewer to consider their own expectations and ideas of race.

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  [In Plain English #3]

  Black, Communities, Julia Lesage

  Footage for In Plain English. University of Oregon’s students of color discuss what race means in terms of their experiences on and off campus. The video is a procession of talking heads, positioning the students as points of authority while also encouraging the viewer to consider their own expectations and ideas of race.

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  [In Plain English #2]

  Asian American, Black, Communities, Julia Lesage, Latinx, Native American

  Footage for In Plain English. University of Oregon’s students of color discuss what race means in terms of their experiences on and off campus. The video is a procession of talking heads, positioning the students as points of authority while also encouraging the viewer to consider their own expectations and ideas of race.