The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leatrice McKissack.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 12 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.087 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | McKissack, Leatrice, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Leatrice McKissack |
| Portion of title | Leatrice McKissack |
| Abstract | Business executive Leatrice B. McKissack was born Leatrice Buchanan on July 27, 1930 in Keytesville, Missouri. Raised by her mother and stepfather, historian Dr. Alruthens A. Taylor, she graduated from Fisk University with her B.S. degree in mathematics in 1951. She married William DeBerry McKissack, son of the founder of McKissack & McKissack, a historic African American architectural firm in 1949. In 1957, McKissack earned her M.S. degree in psychology from Tennessee State University. McKissack taught in Nashville's segregated school system from 1952 to 1969. She became the CEO of both McKissack & McKissack and CEO of McKissack Contracting Company in 1983 after her husband suffered a stroke. In 1987, she won a contract for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1988, she garnered a $50 million contract from Howard University and won the National Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 1991, she formed the McKissack Development Corporation. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Nashville, Tennessee 2007 March 13. |
| 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 | A2007.087 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |