The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jamala Rogers.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 28 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.290
Subjects

Other author/creatorRogers, Jamala, 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 Jamala Rogers
Portion of title Jamala Rogers
Abstract Columnist and community activist Jamala Rogers was born Terry Massey on October 11, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri. An activist at Tarkio College, Missouri, Rogers earned her B.S. degree in education in 1972. Teaching public school in St. Louis, Missouri, Rogers was active in the Congress of African People, African Liberation Support Committee and the National Black Political Assembly. In 1980, she helped form the Black United Front and founded the Organization for Black Struggle. In 1993, Rogers was appointed Director, City of St. Louis' Office of Youth Development. In 1998, she joined the Black Radical Congress serving as an officer. She was co-chair of the Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression and was a featured contributing writer for The St. Louis American and an editorial board member of the Black Commentator. Her writing focused on issues like the Hurricane Katrina, the Jenna Six, police brutality and the environment.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded St. Louis, Missouri 2007 October 16.
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 numberA2007.290 HistoryMakers

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