The HistoryMakers video oral history with Maulana Karenga.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 59 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.207 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Karenga, Maulana 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 Maulana Karenga |
| Portion of title | Maulana Karenga |
| Abstract | Social activist, professor and author Maulana Karenga was born Ronald McKinley Everett on July 14, 1941 in Parsonsburg, Maryland. He obtained his B.A. degree from the City College of Los Angeles. He earned his M.A. degree and a Ph.D. degree in political science and then a second Ph.D. degree in social ethics from the University of California. Advocating black power, Karenga formed the Us Organization in 1965. Karenga created the African American holiday Kwanzaa in 1966. From its founding, Kwanzaa continued to be celebrated worldwide. Karenga was a professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach where he also chaired the President's Task Force on Multicultural Education and Campus Diversity. He served as the director of the Institute for Pan African Studies and the National Organization of Kawaida Organizations. He authored the mission statement for the 1995 Million Man March/Day of Absence. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2002 November 18. |
| 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 | A2002.207 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |