The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Dorothy Tillman.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 59 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.178 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Tillman, Dorothy, 1947- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hodge, Adele, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Dorothy Tillman |
| Portion of title | Honorable Dorothy Tillman |
| Abstract | Civil rights activist and city administrator Dorothy Wright Tillman was driven by a passion to improve the plight of African Americans. Born on May 12, 1947, in Montgomery, Alabama, Tillman joined the civil rights movement at age sixteen as a trainee and a field staff organizer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Tillman helped Dr. King organize in Chicago. She participated in the march on the Edmund-Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Organizing and fighting for various causes for inner-city school reform in Chicago, Tillman became the first woman to serve as alderman of Chicago's Third Ward in 1985. As a major political figure in Chicago, she was involved in numerous improvement projects related to issues of community improvement and development. An influential player in the movement for slave reparations, Tillman received numerous awards and recognitions for her activism, and was featured in various books and documentaries. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Adele Hodge, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 September 5. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2002.178 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |