The HistoryMakers video oral history with Carrie Camillo Tankard.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 26 min.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.145 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Tankard, Carrie Camillo, 1935- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hayden, Robert C., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Carrie Camillo Tankard |
| Portion of title | Carrie Camillo Tankard |
| Abstract | Association executive and dental assistant Carrie C. Tankard was born February 18, 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, Tankard worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Newark for four years after high school. At the time of the urban civil rights riot in Newark, Tankard, her husband and their six children were living in public housing. In the aftermath of the riots in 1967, she and her family fled Newark and moved to the island of Martha's Vineyard. Tankard's civic and community involvement and contributions on Martha's Vineyard have been significant. For thirty-eight years, she served as vice-president of the local branch of the NAACP. Co-founder of the African American Heritage Trail on Martha's Vineyard, she created Black History Month exhibits for schools and the general public as a lay historian. For years, she was active in numerous organizations. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Robert Hayden, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Oak Bluffs, Maryland 2005 June 22. |
| 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 | A2005.145 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |