The HistoryMakers video oral history with Phyllis Hicks.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 17 min., 51 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.279
Subjects

Other author/creatorHicks, Phyllis, 1943- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Phyllis Hicks
Portion of title Phyllis Hicks
Abstract Activist and columnist Phyllis Hicks was born on March 7, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska. Hicks was a member of the NAACP Youth Chapter and the school paper staff at Omaha Technical High School. Graduating in 1961, she attended Peru State Teachers College and took a job with Power Electric Company. She joined Omaha Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Inc. in 1967 where she worked for thirty years. Hicks joined Sitel Corporation in 1998 as a quality assurance representative and trainer. At CSG Systems, Inc. she served as product support analyst. Longtime marketing director for the Omaha Star, the oldest and only African American newspaper in Omaha, Hicks wrote a column called "It's Just My Opinion." She was founder and mentor to "The Stepping Saints," drill team and received the Woman of the Year, the Black Heritage Award and the 2002 City of Omaha's Living the Dream Award.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Omaha, Nebraska 2007 October 5.
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 numberA2007.279 HistoryMakers