The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dorothy B. Gilliam.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 58 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.266
Subjects

Other author/creatorGilliam, Dorothy Butler, 1936- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Dorothy B. Gilliam
Portion of title Dorothy B. Gilliam
Abstract Newspaper columnist Dorothy Gilliam was born November 24, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. After earning her B.A. degree in journalism from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, she worked for the Tri-State Defender. In 1957, she worked as the assistant editor at Jet magazine. After earning her M.A. degree from Columbia University in New York in 1960, she worked at The Washington Post in 1961 as the first African American female reporter. Her career spanned over thirty years. Gilliam authored the 1976 biography, Paul Robeson, All American. In 1993, Gilliam was elected as president of the National Association of Black Journalists where she served until 1995. In 1997, she created the Young Journalists Development program at The Washington Post. In 2004, as a fellow at George Washington School of Media and Public Affairs, Gilliam founded Prime Movers Media, a journalism mentorship for underserved students at urban schools.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 November 13.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2003.266 HistoryMakers

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