The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Wilma J. Webb.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 9 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.124
Subjects

Other author/creatorWebb, Wilma, 1943- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Wilma J. Webb
Portion of title Honorable Wilma J. Webb
Abstract Politician Wilma Webb was born in Denver May 17, 1943. She married Wellington Webb, who would become Denver's first African American mayor, in 1969. She became a Democratic committeewoman in 1973, and a member of the Colorado Legislature in 1980. She fought for Colorado to adopt the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, finally succeeding in 1984. In 1991, Wellington Webb became the first African American mayor of Denver and, from that point, Wilma Webb worked tirelessly on anti-drug abuse programs, family issues and promotion of the arts. In 1998, Webb became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Department of Labor representing Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Webb obtained a graduate degree from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, and was a Colorado state representative for thirteen years.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Denver, Colorado 2002 June 20.
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 numberA2002.124 HistoryMakers