The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kalamu ya Salaam.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 3 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.205 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Kalamu ya Salaam |
| Portion of title | Kalamu ya Salaam |
| Abstract | Music producer and arts administrator Kalamu ya Salaam was born Val Ferdinand III in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 24, 1947. In 1968, he earned his A.A. degree from Delgado College. He changed his name to Kalamu Ya Salaam, Kiswahili for pen of peace. He was a member of John O'Neil's Free Southern Theatre and was a founder of BLACKARTSOUTH. He founded Ahidiana Work Study Center, a black-owned community school. Salaam also assumed the editorship of The Black Collegian Magazine, serving for thirteen years. In 1977, he was part of the first African American activist delegation to the People's Republic of China. He was a senior partner of Bright Moments, a public relations firm, and was also the founder of WordBand, the NOMMO Literary Society, and Runagate Press. Salaam was Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for several years, and produced A NATION OF POETS for the National Black Arts Festival. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New Orleans, Louisiana 2002 November 14. |
| 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 | A2002.205 HistoryMakers |