The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Frankie Freeman.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 11 min., 53 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.183 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018 interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., 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 Frankie Freeman |
| Portion of title | Honorable Frankie Freeman |
| Abstract | Lawyer Frankie Muse Freeman was born on November 24, 1916 in Danville, Virginia. She attended Hampton Institute between 1933 and 1936. In 1944, Freeman was admitted to Howard University Law School and graduated second in her class in 1947. Freeman was a part of the legal brain trust in the NAACP's 1949 Brewton v. the Board of Education case in St. Louis, Missouri. She took the case all the way to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, where she and her team were ultimately victorious. In 1954, Freeman was the lead attorney for the landmark NAACP case Davis et al v. the St. Louis Housing Authority. In 1964, she was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as the first female member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She authored A Song of Faith and Hope: The Life of Frankie Muse Freeman and was president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded St. Louis, Missouri 2006 December 19. |
| 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 | A2006.183 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |