The HistoryMakers video oral history with Thomas N. Todd.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.094 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Todd, Thomas N., 1938- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Bieschke, Paul, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Thomas N. Todd |
| Portion of title | Thomas N. Todd |
| Abstract | Civil rights lawyer Thomas "Tom" N. Todd was born September 24, 1938 in Demopolis, Alabama. In 1955, he graduated early from Central High School in Mobile, Alabama, beginning his studies at Southern University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received a B.A. in 1959, his J.D. degree with highest honors in 1963. As an attorney in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1967, he later joined the staff of the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago. Todd organized and established the first Civil Rights Office in a local United States Attorney's Office in the United States in 1969. The United States v. Gorman, the first federal criminal case against a Chicago police officer ended in a hung jury in 1971. Powerful spokesman for civil rights, Todd received more than 500 awards and honorary degrees. He was one of the most electrifying commencement speakers on black college campuses. Todd, his wife, Janis, and two daughters resided in Chicago. |
| Credits | Videographer, Paul Bieschke. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 June 6. |
| 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 | A2002.094 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |