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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Format Video (Streaming) and Electronic
Publication Info Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016&#x5d.
Description1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 24 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.267
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorChavis, Ben, 1948- interviewee.
Other author/creatorHamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Other author/creatorWarwick, Rick, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Portion of title Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Abstract Nonprofit chief executive Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr. was born on January 22, 1948, in Oxford, North Carolina. He received his B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte; his M.Div. degree from Duke University; and his D.Min. degree from Howard University. In 1971, Chavis became program director of the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice. In 1972, he and the "Wilmington 10" were convicted of conspiracy and arson. After serving nearly a decade in prison, the charges were overturned. In 1985, Chavis was named CEO of the UCC-CRJ. In 1993, he served as executive director and CEO of the NAACP. In 1995, he was appointed national director of the Million Man March and was later named East Coast Regional Minister of the Nation of Islam. In 2001, Chavis co-founded the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. In 2014, he was elected interim president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
CreditsVideographer, Rick Warwick.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 December 20.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 February 2.
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 numberA2004.267 HistoryMakers

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