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  Before Kamala Harris, there was Carol Moseley Braun

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  As Kamala Harris is named Joe Biden’s running mate, Media Burn turns to the past for a story of another Black female trailblazer — Carol Moseley Braun.

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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: Carol Moseley Braun TV ads]

  1992 Election, Black, Chicago, Communities, Politics, THE 90's

  Raw tape for The 90’s election specials. This tape covers the 1992 Illinois Senatorial primary between incumbent Alan Dixon, Carol Moseley Braun, and Al Hofeld. Carol Moseley Braun holds a small press conference to unveil her new radio and TV ads, which will air later in the week. She also plays a recorded endorsement from Rev. Jesse Jackson. The press asks her tough but fair questions; Braun is not shaken and responds intelligently. The TV ads are played directly on the tape at the end.

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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: WLS-TV Chicago senate race]

  1992 Election, Black, Chicago, Communities, Politics

  This tape features a Channel 7 WLS-TV eyewitness news report on the Chicago senate race debate in 1992.