The HistoryMakers video oral history with David "Oggi" Ogburn.

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 30 min., 47 sec.)) : sound, color.

Access is available to the Yale community.

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

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Photographer David "Oggi" Ogburn was born on December 14, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. degree in sociology from Howard University in 1968 and his M.A. degree in urban studies from Howard University in 1973. Ogburn was hired in the 1960s as a social worker. By 1970, he began operating as a freelance photographer and founded Oggi's Kitchen Photomarket in 1971. From 1975 until 1987, Ogburn served as assistant to the Historian Chancellor James Williams. He also served as the campaign photographer for both President Jimmy Carter and former Mayor Walter Washington. For twenty-four years, Ogburn worked for the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters. He photographed for WHUR, Sony, Arista, WEA, BMG, Polygram, Motown and MCA. Ogburn's work was published in national magazines and several photography collection books. His exhibits were shown at institutions including the Smithsonian and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

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English

February 04, 2021

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Larry Crowe, interviewer.