The HistoryMakers video oral history with Debra Lee.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 31 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.076
Subjects

Other author/creatorLee, Debra, 1955- interviewee.
Other author/creatorLathen, Deborah A., 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 Debra Lee
Portion of title Debra Lee
Abstract Business executive Debra L. Lee was born on August 8, 1955 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Lee attended Brown University where she received her B.A. degree in political science with an emphasis in Asian politics in 1976. Lee then attended Harvard University where she simultaneously earned her M.A. degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1980. She subsequently served as a law clerk to the late Honorable Barrington Parker of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Lee later joined the D.C. firm of Steptoe & Johnson where she was a regulatory lawyer for five years. In 1986, Lee joined Black Entertainment Television (BET Networks) as vice president and general counsel. She was in charge of strategic business development in 1995. In 2005, Lee became the company's chairman and chief executive officer.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Deborah Lathen, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 March 5.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 14.
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 numberA2012.076 HistoryMakers

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