The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Augusta Clark.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 19 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2000.014
Subjects

Other author/creatorClark, Augusta, 1932-2013 interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorBieschke, Paul, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Augusta Clark
Portion of title Honorable Augusta Clark
Abstract Lawyer and legislator Augusta Alexander Clark was born on March 5, 1932, in Union Town, Alabama, and raised in Fairmont, West Virginia. Clark earned her B.A. degree from West Virginia State College; her M.L.S. degree from Drexel University; and her J.D. degree from Temple University School of Law. She was a councilwoman-at-large of the City Council of Philadelphia and was elected by her peers to serve as majority whip. She was the second black woman in Philadelphia's three hundred-year history to serve on the City Council. She proposed legislation and was an integral part of the City Council leadership team. She focused on improving the city's public schools and revitalizing under developed communities in Philadelphia. She retired from the City Council in 2000. Later that year, Mayor John Street appointed her Secretary of Agencies, Authorities, Boards and Commissions. Clark passed away on October 13, 2013 at age 81.
CreditsVideographer, Paul Bieschke.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2000 July 27.
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 numberA2000.014 HistoryMakers