| Other author/creator | Scott, Alexis, 1949- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Merriday, Jodi, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Melnick, Coy, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Alexis Scott |
| Portion of title |
Alexis Scott |
| Abstract |
Journalist and publisher Marian Alexis Scott was born on February 4, 1949, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the granddaughter of W.A. Scott II, the founder of the Atlanta Daily World, the nation's first black-owned daily newspaper. After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School, Scott attended Barnard College in New York City and Spelman College in Atlanta. After a twenty-two year career with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Cox Enterprises, Inc., where she worked up from reporter to vice president of community affairs, and finally director of diversity, she joined the family business with duties as publisher. Scott also provided featured commentary on The Georgia Gang, a week-in-review program on politics broadcast on FOX 5 in Atlanta. Scott served as a board member of Atlanta History Center, Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, the High Museum of Art, Central Atlanta Progress, the Atlanta Convention and Visitor's Bureau. |
| Credits | Videographer, Coy Melnick. |
| Performer |
Jodi Merriday, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2004 September 22. |
| 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 | A2004.173 HistoryMakers |
