The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Charles Whitten.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 25 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.079 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Whitten, Charles F., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Charles Whitten |
| Portion of title | Dr. Charles Whitten |
| Abstract | Pediatrician Dr. Charles Francis Whitten was born on February 2, 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Howard High School in 1940 and earned his B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Pennsylvania. Whitten studied medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and received his M.D. degree in 1945 at twenty-three. He was the first and only African American to head a department in a Detroit hospital in 1956. Whitten co-founded the African Medical Education Fund in 1960, and in 1969, he instituted Wayne State University's (WSU) Post Baccalaureate Enrichment Program. In 1971, Whitten founded the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease. Whitten became program director for the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center in 1973. In 2002, Whitten was named Michiganian of the Year, and in 2004, he became distinguished professor of pediatrics, emeritus at WSU. Whitten passed away on August 14, 2008 at the age of 86. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Detroit, Michigan 2007 March 8. |
| 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 | A2007.079 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |