The HistoryMakers video oral history with Colbert I. King.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 57 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.118
Subjects

Other author/creatorKing, Colbert, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Colbert I. King
Portion of title Colbert I. King
Abstract Columnist and editor Colbert I. King was born on September 20, 1939 in Washington, D.C. King graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in 1957 and earned his B.A. degree in government from Howard University in 1961. After a stint in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1963, King served as special agent for the U.S. State Department, but left because of his objections to Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). As a fellow at Health Education and Welfare in 1970, King publicized the sickle-cell anemia crisis. King was deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury Department. In 1979, King was appointed executive of the World Bank. King became vice president at Riggs National Bank in 1980. In 1990, King joined the editorial board of the Washington Post. He started writing a weekly column in 1995 and in 2000, was appointed deputy editor. In 2003, King received the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 May 4.
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 numberA2005.118 HistoryMakers

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