The HistoryMakers video oral history with Roy Lewis.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 3 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.254
Subjects

Other author/creatorLewis, Roy, 1937 July 24- interviewee.
Other author/creatorHamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Roy Lewis
Portion of title Roy Lewis
Abstract Photojournalist Roy Lewis was born on July 24, 1937 in Natchez, Mississippi. In 1956, he graduated from Sadie V. Thompson High School. After graduation, he joined relatives in Chicago and landed a job in the subscription department of Johnson Publishing. In 1960, he was drafted into the United States Army where he developed his talent as a photographer purchasing his first camera. His career as a photographer began when Jet magazine published his photograph of Thelonius Monk. In 1968, Lewis left Johnson Publishing and joined the staff at Northeastern University. His photo and video credits include: A Nation of Common Sense, When We Were Kings and Life magazine. Lewis published two books, River Road on the Mississippi, a pictorial book on African American culture along the Mississippi River and The Million Man March, a publication highlighting the events of that day. Lewis also contributed to the photo book Songs of My People.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 December 9.
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 numberA2004.254 HistoryMakers

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