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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Avon Kirkland
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Avon Kirkland.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 19 min., 15 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
Film producer Avon Kirkland was born on November 27, 1936 in Jacksonville, Florida. He obtained his B.S. degree in chemistry from Clark College and his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis. He worked as a research chemist from 1964 to 1967, and ran an after-school educational program from 1967 to 1968. He directed the creation of reading and math programs for the Behavioral Research Labs of Palo Alto, California. From 1974 to 1977, he was the director of instructional service for KQED in San Francisco. In 1977, he became the executive producer of Up & Coming, a 1982 series that ran for twenty-five episodes. In 1982, Kirkland founded New Images Productions to produce films about the black experience. His work includes Up From Slavery: The Triumph and Tragedy of Booker T. Washington; Ralph Ellison: An American Journey; Street Soldiers and Simple Justice and Booker.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Avon Kirkland
Avon Kirkland
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Loretta Henry, 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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