The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joseph Dyer.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 34 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.047
Subjects

Other author/creatorDyer, Joseph, 1934- interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., 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 Joseph Dyer
Portion of title Joseph Dyer
Abstract Reporter and television executive Joseph Dyer was born in 1934, in Louisiana, to sharecropper parents. After earning his B.A. degree from Grambling State University in 1957, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force, where he was able to work as a reporter. In 1965, Dyer was hired by CBS-2 in Los Angeles. When the Watts riots broke out a few months later, he was able to play a critical role. As a reporter, his career featured a number of highlights, including an exclusive interview with Muhammad Ali and being at the scene of Robert Kennedy's assassination. Dyer was promoted to head of community affairs in 1968, where he worked representing both the community and the television station. In 1999, shortly after his retirement, Dyer was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he recuperated from for some time. He and his wife, Doris, had four children. Joseph Dyer passed away on February 24, 2011 at the age of 77.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Los Angeles, California 2004 April 23.
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 numberA2004.047 HistoryMakers

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