The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Lottie Watkins.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 17 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.037 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Watkins, Lottie, 1919-2017, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Ball, Corey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Lottie Watkins |
| Portion of title | Honorable Lottie Watkins |
| Abstract | Community activist, entrepreneur, and politician Lottie Heywood Watkins was born on June 4, 1919. She was the daughter of Susie Wilson and Eddie Heywood, a noted jazz pianist of the 1920s. Watkins entered the male dominated profession in the early 1960s and became the first African American female real estate broker in the Atlanta market. Watkins graduated from Reid's School of Business and became a secretary for Alexander Calloway Realty Company. She worked as a teller/clerk at the Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Association until she started Lottie Watkins Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Watkins became active with the voter's rights campaign, the Civil Rights Movement and community-based organizations. In 1977, she was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. The honorary president and retired CEO of Lottie Watkins Enterprises, Inc., a full-service real estate company specializing in property management, Watkins resided in Atlanta with her daughters and their families. Watkins passed away on February 20, 2017. |
| Credits | Videographer, Corey Ball. |
| Performer | Evelyn Pounds, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 March 16. |
| 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 | A2006.037 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |