The HistoryMakers video oral history with Maureen Forte.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 49 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.150
Subjects

Other author/creatorForte, Maureen, 1950- 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 Maureen Forte
Portion of title Maureen Forte
Abstract Educator Maureen Forte was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 1, 1950. After graduating from Englewood High School in Chicago, Forte attended Chicago State University, earning her B.A. degree in education in 1974. Forte began her teaching career at St. Thaddeus in Chicago, where she taught for ten years. During this time, Forte became involved with a number of organizations, serving as a delegate for the Chicago Teachers Union for ten years. In 1989, she began teaching at the Sawyer Elementary School in Chicago. She has been an active force in the NAACP and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, founding the South Suburban chapter of Rainbow/PUSH in 1990. Forte also served as the host of N' the Know with Moe, a radio program on WCFJ-AM in Chicago. In 2014, she founded N' the Know with Moe for Social Justice, a civic organization, of which she has also served as president.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2004 August 27.
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 numberA2004.150 HistoryMakers

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