The HistoryMakers video oral history with George Haley.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 50 min., 23 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.054 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Haley, George Williford Boyce, 1925-2015, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with George Haley |
| Portion of title | George Haley |
| Abstract | Attorney and government appointee George Haley was born on August 28, 1925 in Henning, Tennessee, the brother of Pulitzer prize-winner Alex Haley. In 1943, he graduated from Bordentown High School, a military boarding school in New Jersey. After receiving his law degree from University of Arkansas in 1952, he joined the firm of Stevens Jackson in Kansas. Haley served as deputy city attorney from 1954 to 1964. He was elected as a Kansas State Senator, serving in that capacity from 1964 to 1968. In 1969, he was appointed chief counsel of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration by President Richard Nixon. From 1973 to 1976, he served as associate director for equal employment opportunity at the United States Information Agency. In 1990, he was appointed chairman of the Postal Rate Commission. In 1998, Haley was named Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia where he served until 2001. Haley passed away on May 13, 2015 at age 89. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer | Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Silver Spring, Maryland 2004 May 20. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.054 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |