The HistoryMakers video oral history with Yvonne Atkinson Gates.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 25 min., 14 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2016.061
Subjects

Other author/creatorGates, Yvonne Atkinson, 1956- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., 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 Yvonne Atkinson Gates
Portion of title Yvonne Atkinson Gates
Abstract Politician The Honorable Yvonne Atkinson Gates was born on June 10, 1956 in Henderson, Nevada. She received her B.S. degree in Political Science and Journalism in 1978, and her M.P.A. degree in public administration in 1982, both from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Between 1985 and 1992, Gates was a member of the Clark County School District Board of Trustees in Las Vegas. She worked as Research and Planning Manager for Clark County's Department of Social Service and Personnel Manager for the Department of Aviation. Gates won her first term on the Clark County Commission for District D in Las Vegas in 1992, and in 1995, became the first African American woman to serve as Commission Chair. She became chair of the Democratic National Committee's Black Caucus in 2002 and a super-delegate for Nevada until 2008. In 2012, she completed her Ph.D. in Public Administration at UNLV.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Denver, Colorado 2016 September 25.
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 numberA2016.061 HistoryMakers

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