The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Morrow, III.

State representative Charles Gay Morrow III was born on July 21, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Morrow attended De La Salle High School and was an honor student despite suffering from a speech impediment. In 1974, he entered the Illinois Institute of Technology as one of only sixty-seven African America...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Morrow, Charles, III, 1956- (Interviewee)
Hodge, Adele (Interviewer)
Bieschke, Paul (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Morrow, Charles, > III, > 1956- > Interviews.
Morrow, Charlie.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
State Representative.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 38 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Morrow, III
Honorable Charles Morrow, III
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
State representative Charles Gay Morrow III was born on July 21, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Morrow attended De La Salle High School and was an honor student despite suffering from a speech impediment. In 1974, he entered the Illinois Institute of Technology as one of only sixty-seven African American students. Upon graduation, Peoples Gas and the Coca-Cola Company hired Morrow where he worked for eighteen years. Morrow then joined the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago, making him a viable political candidate. Morrow was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1986 from the 26th District. Since then, Morrow acted as Chairman of the Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, Co-Chair of the Legislative Printing Unit and the Vice-Chairman of the Public Utilities Committee. On 1993, Charles Morrow married Sherri Harris. Morrow was also a participant in the National Conference of Black Legislators.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:38:12
Credits:Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Participant or Performer:
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 July 21.
Source of Description:
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