Unity Rally, Pitt County

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Part of a recording of Harvey Gantt speaking at the Pitt County Unity Rally. Gantt assures the crowd that the Democratic party is on the right side of the issues concerning Americans. He promises to protect Medicare, Social Security, and early childhood education. He encourages the audience to inform people to vote for Democrats down the ticket and ensures that they will win the election 22 days out. The recording cuts out abruptly at around 5 minutes, and a dial tone can be heard.

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Harvey Gantt Audio Tapes

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Title: Unity Rally, Pitt County
Date: 1996-10-15
Physical Description: 1 audio file (0:04:57) : digital, MP3
Description: Part of a recording of Harvey Gantt speaking at the Pitt County Unity Rally. Gantt assures the crowd that the Democratic party is on the right side of the issues concerning Americans. He promises to protect Medicare, Social Security, and early childhood education. He encourages the audience to inform people to vote for Democrats down the ticket and ensures that they will win the election 22 days out. The recording cuts out abruptly at around 5 minutes, and a dial tone can be heard.
Condition Note: Speech likely recorded through the telephone. Recording ends abruptly. Additional recordings trimmed out of this file include a voice over the telephone and dial tone, and Charles Sanders speaking on news programs.
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
public speaking
Language: eng
Subjects--Names: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Subjects--Organizations: Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subjects--Topics: Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Medicare
Social security--Law and legislation
Early childhood education--Government policy
Subjects--Places: North Carolina
North Carolina--Pitt 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: ganms543-05-071_01
Date Digitized: 2018-12-05

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