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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kalamu ya Salaam
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kalamu ya Salaam.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 3 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Music producer and arts administrator Kalamu ya Salaam was born Val Ferdinand III in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 24, 1947. In 1968, he earned his A.A. degree from Delgado College. He changed his name to Kalamu Ya Salaam, Kiswahili for pen of peace. He was a member of John O'Neil's Free Southern Theatre and was a founder of BLACKARTSOUTH. He founded Ahidiana Work Study Center, a black-owned community school. Salaam also assumed the editorship of The Black Collegian Magazine, serving for thirteen years. In 1977, he was part of the first African American activist delegation to the People's Republic of China. He was a senior partner of Bright Moments, a public relations firm, and was also the founder of WordBand, the NOMMO Literary Society, and Runagate Press. Salaam was Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for several years, and produced A NATION OF POETS for the National Black Arts Festival.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Kalamu ya Salaam
Kalamu ya Salaam
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
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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