Unity rally, Guilford County

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Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech to Democrats in Guilford County. Gantt promotes candidates on the Democratic ticket, including Bill Clinton, Jim Hunt, and Mel Watts, and gets the crowd excited about voting. Gantt says that Democrats have learned lessons from 1994 and have returned to their roots in caring about hard working families. He tells the crowd to not get too excited, because they still need to vote, and asks them to talk to other people about voting.

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Harvey Gantt Audio Tapes

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Title: Unity rally, Guilford County
Date: 1996-10-29
Physical Description: 1 audio file (0:09:47) : digital, MP3
Description: Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech to Democrats in Guilford County. Gantt promotes candidates on the Democratic ticket, including Bill Clinton, Jim Hunt, and Mel Watts, and gets the crowd excited about voting. Gantt says that Democrats have learned lessons from 1994 and have returned to their roots in caring about hard working families. He tells the crowd to not get too excited, because they still need to vote, and asks them to talk to other people about voting.
Condition Note: Audience questions are inaudible.
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
Political participation
Subjects--Places: North Carolina
North Carolina--Guilford 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: ganms543-05-111_01
Date Digitized: 2018-12-05

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