The HistoryMakers video oral history with Louis O'Neil Dore.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 24 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.038 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Dore, Louis O'Neil, 1945-2019 interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, 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 Louis O'Neil Dore |
| Portion of title | Louis O'Neil Dore |
| Abstract | Lawyer Louis O'Neil Dore was born on March 14, 1945, in Beaufort, South Carolina. Dore attended Robert Smalls Elementary School and heard Morehouse College President Benjamin E. Mays speak at an assembly there. In 1963, he entered Morehouse College. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the commencement speaker at his graduation from Morehouse in 1967. Dore obtained his teacher's certificate from Georgia State College and his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia, where he was one out of only four African Americans in the class. In 1980, Dore was the only African American plaintiff trial lawyer in Jasper County, South Carolina. He became the first African American attorney to be promoted to senior partner in a white law firm. Dore became the managing partner of his own law firm in 1991. He had two sons, both of whom also became attorneys. He lived in South Carolina with his wife, Vernita. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Beaufort, South Carolina 2007 January 31. |
| 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 | A2007.038 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |