The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Harry Elam.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (3 hr., 2 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.196 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Elam, Harry, 1922-2012, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hayden, Robert C., 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 Harry Elam |
| Portion of title | Honorable Harry Elam |
| Abstract | Judge Harry Justin Elam was born on April 29, 1922, in Boston, Massachusetts, the second child of five born to Robert H. and Blanche Lee Elam. A graduate of Boston Latin School, he attended Virginia State College until 1942, then serving in the U.S. Army during World War II until 1946. He earned his A.B. degree from Boston University in 1948, and his J.D. degree from Boston University's School of Law in 1951. From 1952 to 1971, Elam worked as a prominent lawyer in Boston. During that time, Elam was a law partner of Edward W. Brooke, who went on to become the U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Then in 1971, Elam went on to become the chief justice of Boston's Municipal Court and later was appointed as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Elam was the first African American appointed to the Boston Municipal Court of Massachusetts. He passed away on August 16, 2012. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Robert Hayden, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 2005 August 11. |
| 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 | A2005.196 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |