The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Asa Yancey, Sr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 35 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.056 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Yancey, Asa, 1916-2013, 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 Dr. Asa Yancey, Sr. |
| Portion of title | Dr. Asa Yancey, Sr. |
| Abstract | Surgeon, professor, and medical director Dr. Asa G. Yancey, Sr. was born on August 19, 1916, in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.S. degree from Morehouse College in 1937 and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1941. Yancey served as First Lieutenant in The United States Army Medical Corp. before he returned to complete his residency in surgery at Freedmen's Hospital where he worked under the guidance of Dr. Charles R. Drew. Serving as chief of surgery at Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee and then the Hughes Spalding Pavilion of Grady Memorial Hospital, Yancey established the first accredited training program for black surgeons in both Alabama and Georgia. In 1972, Yancey became the medical director of Hughes Spalding Pavilion and assistant dean of Emory University Medical School. He won several awards including an Honorary Doctor of Science from both Morehouse College and Howard University. He passed away on March 9, 2013. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2012 March 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 | A2012.056 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |