The HistoryMakers video oral history with Marcia Lythcott.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 14 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2013.229
Subjects

Other author/creatorLythcott, Marcia, 1954- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., 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 Marcia Lythcott
Portion of title Marcia Lythcott
Abstract Newspaper editor Marcia Lythcott was born on May 20, 1954 in Montgomery, Alabama. Her father, William Watkins, served in the U.S. Army. Her mother, Florence Watkins, was a nurse's aide. Lythcott attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her B.A. degree in journalism. She was married to Stephen Lythcott who served as the vice president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois until his death in 1994. Lythcott began her career in print journalism in the late 1970s. She worked for four years as an education and police beat reporter for a local newspaper in Madison. In 1982, she was hired by the Chicago Tribune newspaper, and also served as the editor of Style and Home and the Good Eating Cookbook. As editor of the "Commentary" section in the Chicago Tribune, Lythcott was one of the highest ranking African American women on the Chicago Tribune's editorial board.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2013 August 19.
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 numberA2013.229 HistoryMakers

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