The HistoryMakers video oral history with Margaret Burroughs.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (5 video files (1 hr., 47 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2000.012
Subjects

Other author/creatorBurroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1917-2010, interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Margaret Burroughs
Portion of title Margaret Burroughs
Abstract Museum founder, director and printmaker Margaret Burroughs was born on November 1, 1917, in Saint Rose, Louisiana. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in art education from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1946 and 1948. She founded the South Side Community Arts Center. It served as a gallery and workshop for African American artists and students. In 1964, Burroughs and her husband, Charles, founded the DuSable Museum of African American History. It became an internationally recognized resource for African American art, culture and history. Burroughs was a printmaker, creating images evocative of African-American culture. Burroughs's work was exhibited at the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; and the Studio Museum in New York City. Burroughs also published several volumes of her own poems, illustrated a number of children's books, and exhibited her artwork all over the world. Margaret Burroughs passed away on her birthday, November 1, 2010 at age 93.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 June 12.
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 numberA2000.012 HistoryMakers

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