The HistoryMakers video oral history with Roscoe C. Brown.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 39 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.215 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Roscoe Conkling, Jr., 1922-2016 interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Roscoe C. Brown |
| Portion of title | Roscoe C. Brown |
| Abstract | Academic administrator and Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C., in 1922. After receiving his B.A. degree from Springfield University, he joined the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. Returning home a decorated veteran, he earned his Ph.D. degree from New York University in 1951. Brown became director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs and a professor of education at New York University in 1950, where he remained for twenty-seven years. From 1977 to 1993, he served as president of Bronx Community College, and he was the director of the Center for Urban Education Policy at the City University of New York. Brown was active with a number of organizations, including more than thirty years of commitment to the Boys & Girls Club. An avid jogger, he completed nine New York marathons. Brown passed away on July 2, 2016 in New York City, at the age of 94. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2003 September 16. |
| 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 | A2003.215 HistoryMakers |