The HistoryMakers video oral history with Veronica Airey-Wilson.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 52 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.052 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Airey-Wilson, Veronica, 1953- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Veronica Airey-Wilson |
| Portion of title | Veronica Airey-Wilson |
| Abstract | City council member Veronica Airey-Wilson, deputy mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, was born on August 4, 1953 in Kingston, Jamaica to Narciso and Clariana Airey. Moving to Hartford, Connecticut in 1960, Airey-Wilson was a student at Brackett Elementary School and Arsenal Elementary School. She graduated from Weaver High School in 1972 and Ithaca College in 1975. In 1976, Airey-Wilson was hired by Aetna Corporation, where she worked as an employment opportunity counselor. In 1985, Airey-Wilson started her own business, Verjen Boutique. In 1990, she opened an Allstate Insurance Company franchise which later became the Airey-Wilson Insurance Group. In 1994, Airey-Wilson was elected to the Hartford Court of Common Council, where she was the first Jamaican to serve as the city's deputy mayor. She served as chair of the Republican State Convention in 2002. Airey-Wilson also served as vice president of the Association of Caribbean American Leaders and as a member of the NAACP. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Hartford, Connecticut 2005 February 17. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.052 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |