The HistoryMakers video oral history with Charlene Jordan.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 29 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.115 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Jordan, Charlene, 1924- 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 Charlene Jordan |
| Portion of title | Charlene Jordan |
| Abstract | Salon owner and hairdresser Charlene Jordan was born on July 2, 1924 in Nashville, Arkansas. Jordan left segregated Arkansas to work in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Youth Administration. Recruited by Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, she served as a "tank scaler" in Vancouver, British Columbia. Upon returning to Arkansas in 1948, Jordan attended the Velvatex College of Cosmetology in Little Rock. She moved to Denver, Colorado She took a refresher course at Duncan School of Beauty before opening her own shop, Charlene's House of Beauty. It was one of the oldest African American-owned businesses in Denver's Five Points district. Jordan served a wide range of clientele, including entertainers and celebrities and the rich and poor. She joined the Colorado Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists Association and the Success Club of America. She was also a member of the Incomparable 75. She purchased storefronts on Welton Street, now better known as "Jordan's Corner.". |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Denver, Colorado 2002 June 21. |
| 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 | A2002.115 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |