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  [Aristide speaks to Carver Community Club]

  Black, Communities, Politics

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former priest and politician who became Haiti’s first democratically elected president in 1991. 00:00 President Jean-Bertrand Aristide visits Carver Middle School. He walks in to applause and they introduce him by telling his story.  03:06 The members of the Carver Community Club perform for Aristide and the audience.  08:16 Two youth members of the club – the President and Vice President – present Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the audience.  09:00 President Jean-Bertrand […]

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  Cicero: Community of Controversy

  Chicago

  News Reporting on the town of Cicero a Community of Controversy

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: demolition – Robbins Barber Shop]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Footage for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the city of Chicago. This video includes footage of construction workers cleaning up the rubble of Robbins Barber shop, followed by footage shot before the demolition of a conversation between Robbins Barber shop patrons about race relations, and footage from a little league baseball game in the neighborhood.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: CHA photos]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Footage for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the city of Chicago. This video features a number of early still photographs of the building of CHA housing and its first residents.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Mark Pratt interview]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Video for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the city of Chicago. In this tape, resident Mark Pratt gives a brief history of Cabrini Green. He talks about his family, growing up in Cabrini, security issues, future hopes to become a homeowner, living in Cabrini, and Cabrini demolition. The Pratt children talk about living in Cabrini Green, hopes for the future, hobbies, and daily happenings. The family is interviewed inside their home in Cabrini.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Mark Pratt & family]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Video for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the City of Chicago. This tape includes two interviews with Mark Pratt outside on the common grounds of Cabrini and inside his home on December 17, 1995. He talks about resident protests against the Chicago Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cabrini Green’s community, the 1992 gang truce, growing up in Cabrini, the Robert E. Byrd Academy, his family, and the effects of the demolition project on residents.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Pratt family at Robbins Barber Shop]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Footage for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the city of Chicago. This video features footage of the Pratt family at home in Cabrini Green.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Town Hall meeting]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  This tape features footage gathered for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Filmed between 1995-1999, the footage documents the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried through by the city of Chicago. This video contains footage from a town hall meeting and television news stories on the Cabrini redevelopment.