The HistoryMakers video oral history with Willard Johnson.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 45 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.260
Subjects

Other author/creatorJohnson, Willard R., 1935- interviewee.
Other author/creatorHayden, Robert C., interviewer.
Other author/creatorBurghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Willard Johnson
Portion of title Willard Johnson
Abstract Professor and genealogist Willard Johnson was born on November 22, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. Johnson's family moved to Pasadena, California in 1946. After graduating from Muir High School in Pasadena, he received his B.A. degree in international relations from University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), his M.A. degree in African studies with distinction from Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. In 1964, he was appointed assistant professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1972, Johnson directed the Africa Policy Task Force for the George McGovern for President Committee. During the 1970s, he served on the Democratic Party Advisory Council's Foreign Affairs Study Group. In 1991, Johnson founded the Kansas Institute for African American and Native American Family History (KIAAMAFH) to promote preservation, documentation and appreciation of family identity of African American and Native American communities of the Midwest.
CreditsVideographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Performer Robert Hayden, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Newton, Massachusetts 2005 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 numberA2005.260 HistoryMakers