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  [Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]

  Communities, Howard Zinn, Latinx

  Howard Zinn speaking at Campos High School.

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  [Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]

  Howard Zinn

  Oscar Chase discusses Howard Zinn and their activities with SNCC.

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  [Selma election]

  Politics

  This news report covers the 1984 mayoral race in Selma, AL. The two candidates are Rev. Frederick Reese, a black politician who fought for voting rights in the 1960s, and Joe Smitherman, the incumbent mayor of Selma.

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  [White supremacist candidates – Election Night at IL headquarters for Tsongas]

  Bill Stamets, Politics

  Footage from the 1992 presidential election, including fights by white supremacist candidates to get on the ballot in Illinois, a Richard M. Daley press conference, and primary election night at the Illinois headquarters for the Paul Tsongas campaign.

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  [Harold Washington on election day ’86]

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Politics

  On election day 1986, Mayor Harold Washington casts his vote, talks about the future of the Democratic Party in Chicago, urges citizens to vote, and joins Jesse Jackson at a campaign event.

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  [Harold Washington 1987 Mayoral Primary]

  Chicago Politics, Harold Washington

  News broadcast of the 1987 Democratic Mayoral Primary for Chicago. This footage also contains B-roll of Harold Washington and Jane Byrne rallying voters.

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  Why people don’t vote

  American Way, Politics

  It’s likely that millions of eligible voters will choose not to go to the polls next Tuesday. In 2008, voter turnout was estimated at only 63%, and that was the highest since 1960. Trying to understand the reasons for this American phenomenon, John Callaway and Tom Weinberg interviewed non-voters from around the country in 1996. As our videos so often do, it still rings true today. Watch the full documentary None of the Above.

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  [None of the Above raw #2]

  None of the Above, Politics

  This tape features the raw footage for the documentary “None of the Above,” an in depth look at non-voters during the 1996 election. In this video, presidential candidate Steve Forbes makes several campaign stops in Iowa. Forbes also makes a quick visit to a local McDonald’s.