The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cora Masters Barry.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 17 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.121
Subjects
Masters Barry, Cora, 1945---Interviews.
African Americans--Interviews.

Other author/creatorMasters Barry, Cora, 1945- interviewee.
Other author/creatorPounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Cora Masters Barry
Portion of title Cora Masters Barry
Abstract Civic leader Cora Masters Barry was born on May 7, 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Pasadena, California where she attended high school. Barry attended California State University and Texas Southern University, and then in 1970, she went on to graduate school at Howard University. There, Masters Barry worked with Operation Sisters United. In 1976, she began teaching at the University of the District of Columbia and also worked on Mayor Marion Barry's campaigns. They were married in 1994. When Barry was re-elected that year, she became Washington D.C.'s First Lady, serving until the end of his term in 1998. Masters Barry went on to found the nonprofit Recreation Wish List, serving as its chief executive officer. Under her leadership, the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center was built to serve the needs of community residents. Masters Barry and former Mayor Barry divorced in 2003.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 May 6.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 16.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.121 HistoryMakers

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