1990-10-09

1 video file (0:02:41) : digital, MP4

Five spots where Harvey Gantt speaks to the camera, intended for use in Gantt for Senate advertisements in his 1990 campaign. Topics inclue the environment, opposition to building a regional waste incinerator, protecting health and safety, improving education, health care, and helping uninsured North Carolinians.

Harvey Gantt Papers

Unaired Gantt Advertisements

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

videotapes
VHS

eng

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

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

Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Advertising, Political
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Education
Medical care
Medically uninsured persons

North Carolina

Harvey Gantt papers

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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MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on VHS.

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2020-08-26