The HistoryMakers video oral history with Art Gilliam, Jr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 35 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.086 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Gilliam, Art, Jr., 1943- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., 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 Art Gilliam, Jr. |
| Portion of title | Art Gilliam, Jr. |
| Abstract | Radio station owner Art Gilliam was born on March 6, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1963, at age twenty, Gilliam graduated with his B.A. degree in economics from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He then received his M.B.A degree from the University of Michigan in 1967. Gilliam worked for Universal Life Insurance where he remained until 1975. In 1968, he began writing a weekly editorial for The Commercial Appeal and was hired by WMC-TV in Memphis as the weekend news anchor. Gilliam was the first African American to write for The Commercial Appeal and the first African American on-air reporter and anchor on Memphis television, WMC-TV. In 1977, he launched Gilliam Communications, Inc. and bought WLOK radio station, making WLOK the first African American-owned Memphis radio station and the city's first locally-owned station. Gilliam's WLOK was recognized by the Tennessee Historical Commission as a Tennessee Historical Landmark in 1997. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Memphis, Tennessee 2014 April 26. |
| 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 | A2014.086 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |