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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Albert W. Johnson
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Albert W. Johnson.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 3 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
Automobile dealer Albert W. Johnson was born on February 20, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his B.S. degree from Lincoln University and his M.S. degree from University of Chicago in 1960. He became an assistant administrator of a St. Louis teaching hospital in 1945 and sold automobiles part time. In 1967 Johnson received his General Motors (GM) franchise, becoming the first African American to own a GM franchise. He obtained a Cadillac franchise in 1971, and the next year, he became an independent dealer. Johnson sold his companies in 1994 and devoted himself to civic involvement. He was a founder of PUSH Foundation. As a life member of the NAACP, he made contributions to hospitals, schools, recreational facilities and charitable organizations across the nation. Johnson received numerous recognition awards and an honorary doctorate of law from Mary Holmes College. Johnson passed away on January 13, 2010 at age of 89.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Albert W. Johnson
Albert W. Johnson
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
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