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The HistoryMakers video oral history with John Finney
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with John Finney.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 51 min., 32 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
Nonprofit executive John H. Finney was born on October 31, 1938, in Savannah, Georgia. He attended Alfred Ely Beach High School, where he graduated in 1957. Finney earned his B.S. degree in sociology from Savannah State College in 1967, after spending two years in the U.S. army, and his M.A. degree in sociology from Atlanta University in 1971. He was a mentee of Savannah civil rights leader W.W. Law, and a member of the NAACP Youth Council in Savannah from a young age. He joined the Equal Opportunity Authority for Savannah-Chatham County Area Inc. (EOA) in 1967, working until he enrolled in graduate school in 1969. After graduating, Finney served as acting executive director at the EOA for one year in 1972, and was named executive director in 1973. Finney would go on to serve as executive director of EOA for 44 years, retiring in 2017.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with John Finney
John Finney
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Denise Gines, 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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