The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Fred Parrott.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 54 min., 21 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.196
Subjects

Other author/creatorParrott, Fred, 1934- interviewee.
Other author/creatorBrewington, Ron, 1946- 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 Dr. Fred Parrott
Portion of title Dr. Fred Parrott
Abstract Retired gynecologist and civic leader Dr. Fred D. Parrott was born in Houston, Texas on December 22, 1934. After graduating from Jack Yates Public High School in 1944, Parrott enrolled in Howard University earning his B.S. degree in 1947. During the early 1950s, Parrott entered the Medical Service Corps for the United States Army in the Korean War. In 1958, Parrott graduated from Meharry Medical College and became a fellow of the University of Minnesota Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After completing his fellowship, Parrott returned to Los Angles to begin private practice. In 1986, Parrott founded the Real Men Cook Foundation. In 1994, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Parrott founded the Real Men Cook Foundation Center for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer. The recipient of the Black Heritage Award and Presidential Medal of Honor from Howard University Parrott was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Meharry Medical College.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Ron Brewington, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Marina Del Rey, California 2007 July 7.
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 numberA2007.196 HistoryMakers

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