The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald C. Richards.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 47 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.085 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Richards, Donald C., 1938- 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 Donald C. Richards |
| Portion of title | Donald C. Richards |
| Abstract | Business executive Donald C. Richards was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 24, 1938. Richards earned his B.A. degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1959. After teaching at a Chicago high school for a year, he returned to the University of Chicago to earn his M.A. degree in history. Following three years as a systems manager at IBM, he launched a thirty-year career in advertising. For twenty-two years Richards worked for Leo Burnett Worldwide, one of the world's largest ad agencies. He became the company's first African American vice president and managed the agency's global diversity program. Richards worked as president of D.C. Richards & Associates, an ad firm specializing in multicultural marketing, before later becoming the associate national director of affirmative action and diversity for the New York-based Screen Actors Guild. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2003 April 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 | A2003.085 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |