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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Pratt family – picnic]

  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 features footage of the Pratt family at home in Cabrini Green, as well as a community picnic featuring a performance by the Jesse White Tumblers.

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  The Ambassadors of Cabrini

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports, Viewers Choice, Voices of Cabrini

  Documentary about the Jesse White Tumblers, a gymnastic group made up predominantly of kids from the Chicago Housing Authority’s Cabrini Green.

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  [Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini, Lilly’s edit]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Outside Agitators, Viewers Choice, Voices of Cabrini

  Lilly Ollinger’s rough edit of Mayor Jane Byrne’s Easter Celebration at Cabrini. Byrne had moved in to Cabrini Green in an effort to clean up crime. Has interviews with Cabrini Green residents and Jesse White about Byrne’s move. Also has explanatory voiceover. Timecode onscreen. Shot for “Ambassadors of Cabrini.”