The HistoryMakers video oral history with Fletcher "Flash" Wiley.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 56 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.206
Subjects

Other author/creatorWiley, Fletcher, 1942- interviewee.
Other author/creatorHayden, Robert C., 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 Fletcher "Flash" Wiley
Portion of title Fletcher "Flash" Wiley
Abstract Lawyer Fletcher "Flash" Wiley was born on November 29, 1942. Wiley attended the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he earned his nickname on the football field and was the Academy's first black Fulbright Scholar. After serving in the Air Force as a captain, he earned his M.P.P. degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Wiley went on to establish the law firm of Budd, Reilly and Wiley, the largest minority-dominant firm in New England. He later served as vice president and general counsel of PRWT Services, Inc., and then as counsel to the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP and chairman and chief executive officer of the Centaurus Group, LLC. Wiley also served as president and national chairman of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association and founded the Governor's Commission on Minority Business Development.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Robert Hayden, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Boston, Massachusetts 2004 October 15.
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 numberA2004.206 HistoryMakers

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