The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Beamon.

Long jumper Robert Beamon was born on August 29, 1946, in Jamaica, New York. After graduating from high school, Beamon attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He later transferred to the University of Texas-El Paso, where he could pursue his passion for track and field....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Beamon, Bob (Interviewee)
Richardson, Julieanna L. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Beamon, Bob > Interviews.
Beamon, Bob.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Long Jumper.
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 (3 video files (1 hr., 30 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Robert Beamon
Robert Beamon
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Long jumper Robert Beamon was born on August 29, 1946, in Jamaica, New York. After graduating from high school, Beamon attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He later transferred to the University of Texas-El Paso, where he could pursue his passion for track and field. In 1968, Beamon qualified to compete at the Olympics in Mexico City. Four months prior, he was suspended from the University of Texas-El Paso track team for refusing to compete against Brigham Young University because of its racist policies. On October 18, 1968, Beamon made Olympic history when he broke the world record for the long jump. Beamon jumped 29 feet, 4 inches, beating the previous record by nearly two feet and becoming the first man to jump more than 28 feet. He has since been inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Olympic Hall of Fame.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:30:32
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Miami, Florida 2002 April 16.
Source of Description:
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