The HistoryMakers video oral history with Samuel Yette.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 56 min., 33 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.065 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Yette, Samuel F., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Samuel Yette |
| Portion of title | Samuel Yette |
| Abstract | Author, journalist and publisher Samuel F. Yette was born on July 2, 1929 in Harriman, Tennessee. After high school, he briefly attended Morristown College and Tennessee State University, before joining the Air Force in 1951. Teaching in Chattanooga, he completed his B.S. degree from Indiana University. In 1956, Yette teamed with Gordon Parks as special correspondent for LIFE magazine. Yette reported for the Afro-American Newspapers, and integrated the Dayton Journal Herald. As associate editor of Ebony and director of information for Tuskegee University, Yette's reputation grew. In 1963, he was selected executive secretary of the Peace Corps, then special assistant for civil rights to the director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity. Yette became the first black Washington correspondent for Newsweek in 1968. Authoring The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival In America in 1971, Yette garnered numerous awards. He later founded Cottage Books, a publishing company. He passed away on January 21, 2011. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Silver Spring, Maryland 2004 June 7. |
| 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 | A2004.065 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |