Sit-down interviews and Q&A with seniors at Glenville

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Harvey Gantt is interviewed by an unknown speaker. He talks about his 1990 senatorial campaign against Jesse Helms and what has changed within North Carolina's political climate in 1996. Gantt representation to the people of North Carolina struggling with affordable healthcare, with education, with job security and how this has changed for the six years between the race in '90 and the current race in '96 and so is likely to work in Gantt's favor. Despite the title, a question and answer session is not on this recording.

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Harvey Gantt Audio Tapes

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Title: Sit-down interviews and Q&A with seniors at Glenville
Date: 1996-10-08
Interviewee: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Physical Description: 1 audio file (0:26:00) : digital, MP3
Description: Harvey Gantt is interviewed by an unknown speaker. He talks about his 1990 senatorial campaign against Jesse Helms and what has changed within North Carolina's political climate in 1996. Gantt representation to the people of North Carolina struggling with affordable healthcare, with education, with job security and how this has changed for the six years between the race in '90 and the current race in '96 and so is likely to work in Gantt's favor. Despite the title, a question and answer session is not on this recording.
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
Education, Higher--Economic aspects
Student loans
Economic security
Job security
Race--Political aspects
Subjects--Places: North Carolina
North Carolina--Jackson County
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: ganms543-05-045_01
Date Digitized: 2018-12-05

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