The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cheryl Willis Hudson.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 26 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.174 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Hudson, Cheryl Willis, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Shawn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Cheryl Willis Hudson |
| Portion of title | Cheryl Willis Hudson |
| Abstract | Book publisher Cheryl Willis Hudson was born on April 7, 1948 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She graduated cum laude from Oberlin College in 1970 and married Wade Hudson in 1972. Hudson and her husband developed the AFRO-BETS kids, black characters who formed the shape of the alphabet. They self-published after two years of rejections from other publishers. The AFRO-BETS books sold out within three months. The couple then founded Just Us Books, Inc., publishing educational material for children focused on the black experience. Throughout the 1990s, Just Us Books continued to publish children's literature, including 1990's Bright Eyes, Brown Skin and AFRO-BETS Book of Black Heroes from A to Z. In 2004, the couple started Sankofa Books Imprint which published out-of-print black classics. In 2008, The Secret Olivia Told Me, a picture book, was awarded the Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustration. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Shawn Wilson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded East Orange, New Jersey 2007 April 28. |
| 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 | A2007.174 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |