1996-10-31

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

1 audio file (0:23:16) : digital, MP3

Recording includes two interviews, labeled UNC Greensboro but possibly unrelated. In the first interview Gantt is interviewed by unknown speakers, possibly on a call-in radio program. The recording only includes Gantt's responses to the questions, and seems edited. Recording begins with Gantt talking about important issues in the 1996 campaign, such as education and health care. Gantt is addressing what has changed and what has remained the same since the 1990 senatorial campaign. Other topics include race and the election, polls, and Gantt's opponent Jesse Helms. Gantt criticizes Helms for refusing to debate Gantt and his campaign strategy. Gantt also talks about the use of the term \family values\ by those who don't support policies that help families, student loans and grants, and a program in Charlotte that teaches kids about voting. In the second recording, Gantt answers questions from the press about Helms's newest attack ad, Medicare, tax breaks for wealthy, balancing the government's budget, and corporate welfare.

Jesse Helms speech on cassette trimmed out of the digital file. The first recording sounds edited, and does not include other speakers' voices besides Gantt. The second recording begins and ends abruptly.

Harvey Gantt Papers

Gantt Audio Tapes

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.

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

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

sound recordings
spoken word
interviews

eng

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

Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)

Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Health insurance--Law and legislation
Race discrimination
Social values
Education, Higher
Education, Higher--Economic aspects
Student loans
Political participation
Advertising, Political
Medicare
Taxation--Law and legislation
Subsidies
Debts, Public

North Carolina
North Carolina--Greensboro

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

Manuscript 543

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

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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.

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

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2018-12-05