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  [Landlord protest]

  Chicago, CLIR, Communications for Change, Roots of Video

  Documentation of attempts to maintain a block in Uptown Chicago.

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  [Communications for Change on Channel 2 news]

  Black, Chicago, Communications for Change, Communities, Roots of Video

  Off air channel 2 news report featuring segments profiling the Documenting Social History oral history videotape project of Communications for Change, including an interview with C for C’s founder/director, Tedwilliam Theodore.

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  Boris Ross #2

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Shot for Communications for Change’s “Documenting Social History: Chicago’s Elderly Speak” oral history series. This is the second part of an interview with Boris Ross, a Russian immigrant to Chicago who was heavily involved in the labor movement.

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  Boris Ross #1

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Shot for Communications for Change’s “Documenting Social History: Chicago’s Elderly Speak” oral history series. Boris Ross, an immigrant from the Soviet Union, describes his experiences as a union organizer in Chicago during the 1920s.

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  Charles Velsek discusses life as a hobo

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Shot for Communications for Change’s “Documenting Social History: Chicago’s Elderly Speak” oral history series. In this video, Charles Velsek talks about his experiences living as a hobo in the 1920s.

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  Charles Velsek discusses the IWW

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Shot for Communications for Change’s “Documenting Social History: Chicago’s Elderly Speak” oral history series. Charles Velsek, a member of the IWW, talks about his experiences as a radical union member in the 1920s and throughout the Great Depression.

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  NCO Edits – Sidewalk tape

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Interviews with Chicago residents about the problems caused by vaulted sidewalks and buildings which have fallen into disrepair, which the city government have failed to repair and maintain.

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  American Indian Experience: Mike Chosa on The Indian’s Future

  Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

  This is a lecture given by Mike Chosa on the subject of tribal sovereignty and the potential role of natural resources as a bargaining chip for American Indian activism.