Interview with Alan Colmes

Description

Gantt responds to questions during a phone interview, we can only hear his responses and not the questions. Believes constituents are more concerned about the issues rather than whether or not they are voting for a black or white person. And discusses Helms tactics and drawbacks.

In collections

Details
Title

Interview with Alan Colmes

Date

1996-08-14

Interviewee

Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-

Interviewer

Colmes, Alan

Physical Description

1 audio file (0:27:41) : digital, MP3

Description

Gantt responds to questions during a phone interview, we can only hear his responses and not the questions. Believes constituents are more concerned about the issues rather than whether or not they are voting for a black or white person. And discusses Helms tactics and drawbacks.

Digital Collection

Harvey Gantt Papers

Series

Gantt Audio Tapes

Collection Description

Harvey Bernard Gantt is an architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. Gantt entered local Charlotte politics in 1974 serving on the city council until 1983. He was elected to two terms as the first black Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987. In the 1990s (1990 and 1996), he ran twice for the United States Senate against Jesse Helms. The bulk of the collection is comprised of audiovisual materials from Gantt's 1996 campaign against Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate, but also includes speeches and writings.

Creator

Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-

Publisher

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Genre

sound recordings
spoken word
interviews

Language

eng

Subjects--Names

Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Helms, Jesse

Subjects--Organizations

Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Subjects--Topics

Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Race relations--Political aspects
Education
Social values

Subjects--Places

North Carolina

Physical Location

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Call Number

Manuscript 543

Finding Aid

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1437

Rights Holder Information

This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Harvey B. Gantt.

Rights Statement

Use of this resource is governed by the terms of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives" License.

Funding Note

This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Digital Object Notes

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette.

Identifier

ganms543-05-027_01

Date Digitized

2018-12-06

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