The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dempsey J. Travis.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 8 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2000.022
Subjects

Other author/creatorTravis, Dempsey J. (Dempsey Jerome), 1920-2009, interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHaynes, Frank (Videographer), director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Dempsey J. Travis
Portion of title Dempsey J. Travis
Abstract Author, historian, and real estate entrepreneur Dempsey Jerome Travis was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 25, 1920. Travis attended Roosevelt University, receiving his B.S. degree in 1949. He founded Travis Realty Corporation and Sivart Mortgage Company, establishing himself in the development of Chicago's South Side. In 1960, Travis also founded United Mortgage Bankers of America and the Dempsey Travis Securities and Investment Corporation. He was a coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King's 1960 March on Chicago and was president of the NAACP's Chicago chapter from 1959 to 1960. Travis also founded the Urban Research Press in 1969. Urban Research Press has published seven nonfiction books by Travis. Travis received several awards in recognition of his accomplishments in business, politics and the arts. Travis passed away on July 2, 2009 at the age of 89.
CreditsVideographer, Frank Haynes.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 January 11.
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 numberA2000.022 HistoryMakers

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