The HistoryMakers video oral history with Renault Robinson.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 22 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.107 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Robinson, Renault, 1942- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Renault Robinson |
| Portion of title | Renault Robinson |
| Abstract | Police officer and community activist Renault A. Robinson was born on September 8, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He was known for successfully bringing a civil rights lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department for discrimination against African Americans and Latinos, increasing the number of minority Chicago police officers. Robinson earned a B.S. degree from Chicago's Roosevelt University. Robinson joined Chicago's police force in 1964. The brutality of the Chicago police in the wake of the riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination caused Robinson and other black officers to form the Afro-American Patrolman's League. He served the National Black Police Association as a national information officer. In 1983, he became chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority under the administration of Mayor Harold Washington. Robinson went to work as the vice president of ASI Personnel Service in 1989. In 2000, he founded the temporary staffing agency, Renault Robinson Staffing. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 July 3. |
| 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 | A2002.107 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |