The HistoryMakers video oral history with Grayson Mitchell.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 22 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.295 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mitchell, Grayson, 1950-2018, 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 Grayson Mitchell |
| Portion of title | Grayson Mitchell |
| Abstract | Business consultant and reporter William "Grayson" Mitchell was born March 8, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama. He was granted early admission to Morehouse College, but graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. degree in economics in 1971. As a journalist, Mitchell was a political reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and metro reporter for the Washington Post where he met Watergate reporters, Woodward and Bernstein. He was the Washington editor for Jet and Ebony magazines and Washington columnist for Black Enterprise magazine. In 1980, he became director of corporate communications for Johnson Products. Chicago Mayor Harold Washington appointed Mitchell his press secretary in 1983. In 1985, Mitchell founded Summit Consulting, Inc., Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Consultancy where he was chairman and CEO. Mitchell served on the boards of Lakefront Supportive Housing, Illinois Humanities Council and the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and was a member of Economics Club of Chicago. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 December 12. |
| 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 | A2003.295 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |