The HistoryMakers video oral history with Monroe Anderson.

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

1 online resource (12 video files (5 hr., 57 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color.

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Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

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Magazine editor, television producer, and newspaper reporter Monroe Anderson was born on April 6, 1947 in Gary, Indiana. After graduating from high school in Gary, Anderson attended Indiana University and obtained a B.A. degree in journalism and English literature. Anderson then worked as a reporter at the National Observer, an assistant editor at Ebony magazine and a correspondent for Newsweek prior to launching his career in Chicago, Illinois. From 1983 to 1985, Anderson wrote a column for the Chicago Tribune, where he was a reporter for ten years. In the late 1980s, Anderson worked as the press secretary for Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer. Later in his career, Anderson taught feature writing at Columbia College Chicago, and for thirteen years, he was director of station services at WBBM-TV Chicago. In 2004, Anderson became the editor of Savoy magazine. Anderson later had a Sunday column in the Controversy section of the Chicago Sun-Times.

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February 04, 2021

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Linda Williams, interviewer.