The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harriett G. Jenkins.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 24 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.126 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Jenkins, Harriett G., 1926-2016, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Harriett G. Jenkins |
| Portion of title | Harriett G. Jenkins |
| Abstract | Educator and government administrator Harriet G. Jenkins was born on July 26, 1926 in Fort Worth, Texas. She earned her B.A. degree in mathematics in 1945 from Fisk University. From 1948 until 1954, Jenkins worked for Golden State Insurance Company and the Oakland Police Department. She worked in the Berkeley, California school system for twenty years and was the city's first black female vice-principal. In 1957, she earned her M.S. degree in education from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1984, she earned her J.D. degree from Georgetown University. She worked as assistant administrator for equal opportunity programs at NASA where she implemented programs that assisted minorities, including recruiting some of the agency's first black astronauts. She was director of the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in the U.S. Senate, and retired from the federal government in 1996. In 2000, NASA established a doctoral fellowship in Jenkins' name. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer | Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Bethesda, Maryland 2004 August 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 | A2004.126 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |