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  [Nobody Told Me voiceover elements]

  Chicago

  Audio only recording of a news story reported by Carol Marin about a high school in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood that implemented a program called “Unity” to help its failing students.

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  [Chicago Teachers Union Strike ’75: Substitute Teachers]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Footage of the 1975 Chicago Teachers Union strike and a group of substitute teachers participating. The strike lasted 11 days and won a 7.1 percent raise. Additional wins include further reduction in class size, maternity benefits improvements, and paid dental insurance.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw #202]

  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. The video features tours of 1150-1160 N. Sedgwick Avenue and video from inside the Robert E. Byrd Academy.