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  Uptown special projects scrapbook

  Chicago, Politics, Roots of Video

  This is a series of short video segments shot primarily in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago in 1974. They mostly concern problems faced by the residents of Uptown, including issues with the FLAT grant, the practice of redlining, and the lack of projects and programs which would make the community safer for the public.

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  Scrapbook: Bank Issue

  Chicago, Politics, Roots of Video

  This video shows the efforts of the Organization of the Northeast (O.N.E.) to push local financial institutions into investing more of their money in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago. It contains a series of segments from 1974, including a session with Gov. Dan Walker, a meeting with the Uptown National Bank, and three newsreels which show the backlash against some local banks, as well as the O.N.E.’s success in negotiating a pact with four of the banks in these neighborhoods.

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  Social and Political Intervention Scrapbook

  Chicago, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  Several examples of “social and political intervention” work done by Communications for Change that was aided by the use of video. Most actions concern the fight for adequate housing in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.

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  Documenting Social History: Chicago’s Elderly Speak–Eastland Tragedy

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  This video includes two oral history interviews with people related to the Eastland tragedy which occurred July 24, 1915: one a survivor and one the daughter of a survivor. The passenger ship sunk in the Chicago River, killing 844 people, making it the most deadly event in Chicago history. This video was recorded in June of 1976 as part of a class at Chicago City Colleges.

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  On the Brink of Victory – [ONE interview]

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  This tape describes the successful tactics employed by the Organization of the Northeast (ONE) and a Land Use Action group fighting for down-zoning laws in the Uptown/Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago. It is followed by raw footage of an interview with Mary Gerharty and other representatives from ONE.

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  A Few Old People Talk

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video

  A piece created by Communications for Change’s Documenting Social History Project. Numerous older people speak about their lives to various younger interviewers in hopes to bridge the communication gap from generation to generation.