The HistoryMakers video oral history with Lamonte McLemore.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 32 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.120 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | McLemore, Lamonte, 1935- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, 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 Lamonte McLemore |
| Portion of title | Lamonte McLemore |
| Abstract | Photographer and singer Lamonte McLemore was born on September 17, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. McLemore graduated from Sumner High School in 1952 and enlisted in the United States Navy where he worked as an aerial photographer. He was the first African American athlete to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the first African American photographer hired by Harper's Bazaar magazine. McLemore was a photographer for Jet and Ebony magazines for over forty years. In the 1960s, he discovered the talents of Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue, offering them a chance to join a group he and his friends, Billy Davis, Jr. and Ron Townsend, were forming. Out of this collaboration, the 5th Dimension was created. Their biggest hit was Aquarius, which led to the album The Age of Aquarius, both going gold. In 1991, the original 5th Dimension received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 April 3. |
| 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 | A2007.120 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |