The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Wayman Smith.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 38 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.180
Subjects

Other author/creatorSmith, Wayman, 1940- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Wayman Smith
Portion of title Honorable Wayman Smith
Abstract Lawyer and business executive Wayman Flynn Smith, III was born on June 18, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri. Smith attended Washington Elementary School and graduated from Soldan High School in 1957. Smith earned his B.A. degree from Monmouth College in 1962 and his J.D. degree from Howard University Law School in 1965. Employed by the Missouri Commission on Human Rights in 1966, Smith entered private practice in 1968. In 1970, he was appointed City Court Judge and then served on the St. Louis City Council from 1975 to 1987. In 1980, Smith was hired as the first African American member of Anheuser Busch's Corporate Affairs Department. There, he launched a Minority Business Development Program and became vice president of corporate affairs for Anheuser-Busch Companies. Smith was a member of the board of directors of Howard University from 1989. He was senior partner at The Smith Partnership, P.C. and a partner in the law firm of Wilson, Smith & McCullin.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded St. Louis, Missouri 2006 December 18.
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 numberA2006.180 HistoryMakers

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