The HistoryMakers video oral history with Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (3 hr., 3 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2013.202 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Wilkerson, Oscar Lawton, Jr., 1926- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Jefferson, Thomas (Interviewer), interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr. |
| Portion of title | Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr. |
| Abstract | Radio programming executive Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr. was born on February 9, 1926 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. After his graduation from Bloomfield Township High School in 1944, Wilkerson entered the U.S. Army Air Force's Aviation Cadet training program in Tuskegee, Alabama. Wilkerson was assigned to the 617th Bombardment Squadron, where he was trained to fly the B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber. Wilkerson received his commission as a 2nd lieutenant and his "wings" as a B-25 pilot in 1946. He went into broadcasting as a weekend disc jockey at Chicago's WBEE-AM in 1962. Wilkerson was named program director at WBEE in 1965, and left the station in 1971 when he was hired at WMAQ Radio. He was later promoted to program director at WMAQ in 1973, and retired from the station in 1988. Wilkerson remained active in the Chicago "Dodo" chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. and lived in Markham, Illinois. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Thomas Jefferson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2013 August 22. |
| 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 | A2013.202 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |