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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dorothy Harrison
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dorothy Harrison.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 20 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Educator Dorothy Harrison was born on December 8, 1907 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Harrison graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1924. She attended Fisk University and earned her B.A. degree in education from Ohio State University in 1932. In 1940, Harrison's husband, G.L. Harrison was named president of Langston University. In 1951, Harrison received her M.S. degree in education from Oklahoma State University. In 1952, she served as a national officer for The Links, Inc. In 1957, Harrison succeeded Dorothy Height as president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. In 1960, Harrison relocated to Chicago and served as a board member of Chicago Metropolitan YWCA, the Urban League Women's Board, the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. In 1965, Harrison was selected co-chair of the federal Head Start program. Awarded an honorary doctorate from Langston University in 2003. Harrison passed away on December 22, 2010 at age 103.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Dorothy Harrison
Dorothy Harrison
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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