The HistoryMakers video oral history with William Blair, Jr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 25 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.085 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Blair, William, 1921-2014, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with William Blair, Jr. |
| Portion of title | William Blair, Jr. |
| Abstract | Baseball player, civil rights activist, and newspaper publishing executive William Blair, Sr. was born on October 17, 1921, in Dallas, Texas. Blair attended Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas, and attended Prairie View A&M University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and became the youngest black first sergeant in the Army during World War II. Blair pitched for the Indianapolis Clowns and other Negro League baseball teams from 1946 to 1951, and became a Negro League Baseball Museum inductee. Blair founded both the Highlight News and Southwest Sports News, renamed The Elite News in 1960. In 1986, Blair launched the first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade, which became fixture of the city of Dallas. He also founded the Religious Hall of Fame to honor African American ministers in 2004. Blair published two books of his pictorial history series, The Dallas I Know, in 1990 and 1991. William Blair, Sr. passed away on April 20, 2014. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Dallas, Texas 2006 May 2. |
| 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 | A2006.085 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |