| Other author/creator | Boyd, Barbara, 1929- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Bieschke, Paul, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Barbara Boyd |
| Portion of title |
Barbara Boyd |
| Abstract |
Television reporter Barbara Boyd was born April 27, 1929, in Evanston, Illinois. She attended Evanston Township High School. She continued her studies at Roosevelt University and Columbia College, where she was introduced to the world of broadcast journalism. She settled in Indianapolis, and in 1969, Boyd joined the WRTV 6 News staff as a consumer reporter. Her early broadcasts of social and economic events earned her a devoted following. One of Boyd's groundbreaking features came from her hospital bed one week after she had a mastectomy. An active community leader, Boyd has been a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Indianapolis Association of Black Journalists, the NAACP, the March of Dimes Association, and the Indiana Make-A-Wish Foundation since 1996. In March 2000, Barbara Boyd was inducted into the Indianapolis Hall of Fame. In 2011, she became the first creative ambassador for IndyCreativeAging.com, a site promoting active lifestyles for seniors in Indiana. |
| Credits | Videographer, Paul Bieschke. |
| Performer |
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Indianapolis, Indiana 2000 July 11. |
| 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 | A2000.006 HistoryMakers |
