The HistoryMakers video oral history with Madeline Stratton Morris.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 36 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.209 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Morris, Madeline R. Stratton, 1906-2007 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 Madeline Stratton Morris |
| Portion of title | Madeline Stratton Morris |
| Abstract | Educator Madeline R. Stratton Morris was born on August 14, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois. Morris earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in education from Northwestern University, and did her graduate work at the University of Chicago. During her thirty-five years as a Chicago public school teacher, Morris was responsible for introducing black history into the city's public school curriculum. From 1958 to 1960, she served on the Human Relations Committee of the Chicago Board of Education. Morris undertook several projects relating to social studies curriculum development. She took her expertise to colleges after leaving the public school system in 1968. An active member of several African American civic groups, Morris also published monographs and articles on black history. Morris passed away on December 26, 2007 at the age of 101. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 August 28. |
| 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 | A2003.209 HistoryMakers |